Maris Wicks lives with fellow primate Joe Quinones and their cat, Biggs, in Somerville, Massachusetts.  She has used her opposable thumbs to draw comics for Adhouse Books, Tugboat Press and Spongebob Comics, and written stories for Image and DC Comics. When she’s not making comics, Maris works as a program educator at the New England Aquarium. She is an avid tool user and is particularly fond of bananas.

Books by Maris Wicks

Science Comics: Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean

by Maris Wicks - Children's, Children's 9-13, Children's Nonfiction, Graphic Novel, Nonfiction, Science

Human Body Theater

by Maris Wicks - Education, Graphic Novel, Science

Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas

written by Jim Ottaviani, illustrated by Maris Wicks - Graphic Novel, History, Reference, Women's Studies