Mia Hamm Gets Her Own Graphic Novel, Mia And Friends

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Mia And Friends is a brand new upcoming middle-grade graphic novel by Karlin Gray and Micheline Hess based mostly on the true story of Mia Hamm.

Mia And Friends is a brand new upcoming middle-grade graphic novel by Karlin Gray and Micheline Hess. Based on the true story of footballer Mia Hamm and her 1999 World Cup teammates. and recounts how a shy child discovered a house in athletics, a sisterhood in a soccer staff, and a spot in sports activities historical past.

Mia Hamm is a soccer participant, two-time Olympic gold medalist for the USA and two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion. She was the face of the Women’s United Soccer Association, the primary skilled ladies’s soccer league within the US and performed for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003. She competed in 4 FIFA Women’s World Cups, 1991 in China, 1995 in Sweden, and 1999 and 2003 within the US, and led the staff at three Olympic Games, 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens. She held the report for many worldwide objectives scored till 2013 and was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002. She is now co-owner of Los Angeles FC, and now she has her personal graphic novel for subsequent 12 months.

Karlin Gray is the creator of Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still, An Extraordinary Ordinary Moth, Serena: The Littlest Sister, and Anne And Her Tower Of Giraffes. Micheline Hess is thought for colouring for Milestone Comics, and is the creator of Malice in Ovenland, The Anansi Kids, All Saints’ Day Adventure, and the kids’s ebook The Island Cats of Cunga Ree.

Mark Siegel at First Second has purchased world rights to Mia And Friends, and publication is ready for the autumn of 2024. Karlin Gray’s agent, Charlotte Wenger, at Prospect Agency, and Micheline Hess’ agent, Judy Hansen, at Hansen Literary, negotiated the rights sale.

First Second Books is a distinguished graphic novels writer based mostly in New York City, and an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, distributed by Macmillan, with Editorial & Creative Director Mark Siegel and Editorial Director Calista Brill.

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