Devin Grayson

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Devin Grayson
BornDevin Kalile Grayson
(1970-07-19) July 19, 1970 (age 54)
New Haven, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Nightwing, Gotham Knights , The Titans , User
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Devin Kalile Grayson is an American writer of comic books and novels. Titles that she has written include Catwoman , Gotham Knights , The Titans , the Vertigo series USER, and Nightwing . [1]

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Early life

Grayson was born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Northern California. Her early ambition was to be an actress; she studied at the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival and attended the San Francisco School of the Arts, but while in community college she decided to become a writer instead, and subsequently transferred to Bard College in upstate New York. [2]

Her interest in comics was first kindled when she happened to see an episode of Batman: The Animated Series on television.[ citation needed ]

Career

Grayson's first comic book script to see print was "Like Riding a Bike", a 10-page short that appeared in the Batman Chronicles in 1997. [3] Other work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics soon followed.

Personal life

Grayson is openly bisexual. [2] [4] She has insulin-dependent Type I Diabetes, lives with Cody, an assistance dog trained to alert her to severe drops in her blood glucose levels, and volunteers for Early Alert Canines. [2] [5] She has also experienced chronic depression. [2]

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Ahoy Comics

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

DC Comics/Vertigo

DC Comics/Wildstorm

Dynamite Comics

IDW

Marvel Comics

Novels

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References

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