Born in Pisa, Italy in 1980, Becky Cloonan began her career self-publishing mini-comics in 1999. Since then she has gone on to work with publishers like DC, Vertigo, Dark Horse, HarperCollins and Marvel, winning an Eisner Award along the way. In 2012 Becky broke a glass ceiling, becoming the first woman to illustrate an issue of Batman. In her spare time, she "keeps it real" by self-publishing a new short story every year.