--- description: Marjorie Liu became the first woman to win a Best Writer Eisner award, comic book writing's top prize, for her work on Monstress. title: A Woman Has Finally Won the Top Writing Award in Comic Books image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5220d6ca7177bedc/698935e6db29870df526039f/gettyimages-185164089_720.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [comic books](/tag/comic-books/) ## comic books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Woman Has Finally Won the Top Writing Award in Comic Books  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Jul 21, 2018 7:51 PM CUT  Marjorie Liu at the 2013 Norman Mailer Center gala at the New York Public Library on October 17, 2013. Marjorie Liu at the 2013 Norman Mailer Center gala at the New York Public Library on October 17, 2013.Photo by D Dipasupil/FilmMagic  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Jul 21, 2018 7:51 PM CUT Marjorie Liu on Friday became the first woman to win the comic book industry’s top prize for writers. Liu took home a [Best Writer Eisner Award](https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info "undefined") for her work on the epic fantasy [_Monstress_](http://marjoriemliu.com/monstress/ "undefined"), which she described as a story about a “young woman who belongs nowhere” and “young women who fight, who tame, who are consumed—and who become monsters in their own right.” The novelist, comic book writer and attorney expressed shock at being the first woman in the award’s [30-year history](https://www.comic-con.org/awards/history "undefined") to win the writing prize. She shared the honor this year with Tom King, who wrote _Batman, Batman Annual_ #2, _Batman/Elmer Fudd Special_ _#1_ and _Mister Miracle._ > [](https://twitter.com/marjoriemliu/status/1020735913473667072) The 2018 Eisner winners were announced Friday night at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Other notable winners include Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Alitha E. Martinez, who took home the Best Limited Series award for their work on _Black Panther: World of Wakanda._ > [](https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1020680115791986689) Liu, along with illustrator Sana Takeda, also won the Best Continuing Series and Best Publication for Teens (13-17) Eisners for _Monstress_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5345155/marjorie-liu-eisner-award/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5345155/marjorie-liu-eisner-award/"},"headline":"A Woman Has Finally Won the Top Writing Award in Comic Books","datePublished":"2018-07-21T19:51:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:55:07.428Z","description":"Marjorie Liu won for \"Monstress\"","url":"https://time.com/5345155/marjorie-liu-eisner-award/","keywords":["comic books","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5220d6ca7177bedc/698935e6db29870df526039f/gettyimages-185164089_720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5220d6ca7177bedc/698935e6db29870df526039f/gettyimages-185164089_720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"marjorie-liu","caption":"marjorie-liu","creditText":"Photo by D Dipasupil/FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/comic-books/","name":"comic books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5345155/marjorie-liu-eisner-award/","name":"A Woman Has Finally Won the Top Writing Award in Comic Books"}}]}] ```