Mike Curato's debut graphic novel 'Flamer' has already won accolades a week after its debut. By Graeme McMillan The debut full length graphic novel from a celebrated children’s book author and ...

The author of “Flamer,” a graphic novel which has been banned from libraries in Marietta City Schools and the Cobb County School District, has written an open letter to Marietta High School students.

“Flamer,” along with “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews, were removed from the library last month following a complaint from a parent and concerns from Marietta school board members.

Raised in the 1980s and '90s in a Catholic home just outside of New York City, Mike Curato is a gay Filipino-American illustrator. After producing the award-winning Little Eliot series of children's ...