About

Dana Claire Simpson, a native of Gig Harbor, Washington, first caught the eyes of devoted comics readers with the internet strip Ozy and Millie. After winning the 2009 Comic Strip Superstar contest, she developed the strip Phoebe and Her Unicorn (originally known as Heavenly Nostrils), which is now syndicated in newspapers worldwide.

There are twenty Phoebe and Her Unicorn books, including the newest, Unicorn Time Machine, all from Andrews McMeel Publishing. Ozy and Millie have two books also. All told, Simpson has sold over four million books.

Her books have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, and won the Washington State Book Award and the Pacific Northwest Book Award. She lives with her spouse and her cat in Santa Barbara, California.

She is emailable at dana at danasimpson dot com. And if you prefer the old fashioned kind of letters, it’s PO Box 6347, Santa Babara, CA, 93160-6347. (She tries to answer fan mail, particularly from kids.)