Harmony Becker is an American graphic novelist and illustrator, known for illustrating George Takei's memoir They Called Us Enemy , as well as for writing and illustrating the graphic novel Himawari House.
Harmony Becker was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. [1] Her mother is Japanese, and she describes growing up in a multicultural household. [1] [2] [3] [4]
After high school, Becker spent time volunteering and studying Korean in Washington, D.C., and South Korea. [5] She briefly attended art school in Columbus, Ohio, before dropping out and instead pursuing comics while working as a waitress. [1] [5] Her first professional comics job was illustrating George Takei's 2019 graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy , which shares Takei's experiences of internment as a Japanese American during World War II. [1] [5] They Called Us Enemy won an Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, a Silver Reuben Award, an American Book Award, and an Eisner Award, among other honors. [4] [6] [7] [8]
In 2021, Becker published her first solo graphic novel, Himawari House , which deals with a Japanese American girl reconnecting with her heritage at a shared house in Japan. [1] [2] [9] [10] It was based on her webcomic Himawari Share on the Tapas webtoon site. [2] [5] [9] [10] The following year, Himawari House won the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature. [11]
In 2025, she worked with Takei again to illustrate his second graphic memoir, It Rhymes with Takei, which shares his life story and his process of coming out. [12] [13]
She has also created the webcomics Love Potion and Anemone & Catharus. [4] [6]
Becker cites Studio Ghibli as her greatest creative influence. [1] She is currently based in Mexico City. [1] [4]