{{short description|American comics artist}}{{Infobox author | nationality = American | occupation = Comics artist | birth_place = Green Bay, Wisconsin | spouse = | awards = Eisner Award (2006) | website = {{URL|aaronrenier.com}} }}
'''Aaron Renier''' is an American comics artist and author.
== Biography == Renier was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin.<ref name="CBSLocal" /> Between 2000 and 2009, he lived in Portland, Oregon and Brooklyn, New York before settling in West Town, Chicago.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-prj-me-my-shelf-and-i-jessica-campbell-aaron-renier-20150813-story.html|title=Me, My Shelf and I: Jessica Campbell and Aaron Renier|last=Pearson|first=Laura|work=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="CBSLocal" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://narrative.ly/author/aaron-renier/|title=Aaron Renier, Author at Narratively|website=Narratively|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref>
In 2010, Renier received the inaugural Sendak Fellowship.
His graphic novel ''Spiral-Bound'' was published by Top Shelf Productions in September 2005 and won him the 2006 Eisner award for "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition."<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s 2000-2009 Eisner Award winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141006153947/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s |date=2014-10-06 }}, Comic-Con International San Diego.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/aaron-renier|title=Aaron Renier / Top Shelf Productions|website=www.topshelfcomix.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref> In 2008, he began providing illustrations for the book series ''The Knights' Tales'' written by Gerald Morris. He also Alice Shertle's 2009 picture book ''An Anaconda Ate My Homework''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/aaronrenier/|title=Aaron Renier {{!}} Authors {{!}} Macmillan|work=US Macmillan|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en-US}}</ref> He has also created ''The Unsinkable Walker Bean'' and illustrated Charlotte Perkins Gilman's ''The Yellow Wallpaper''.<ref name="CBSLocal">{{cite web |url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/top-lists/for-the-love-of-comics-interview-with-cartoonist-aaron-renier/ |title=For The Love Of Comics: Interview With Cartoonist Aaron Renier |last=Cavanaugh |first=Amy |date=February 13, 2012 |website=CBS Chicago |publisher= |access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> He sometimes collaborates with colorist Alec Longstreth.<ref name="CBSLocal" />
== Awards and honors == {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Awards for Renier's books !Year !Title !Award !Result !Ref. |- |2010 |{{Sort|Unsinkable Walker Bean|''The Unsinkable Walker Bean''}} |Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novel |Finalist |<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=2010 Cybils Finalists |url=https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2010-cybils-finalists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322153827/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2010-cybils-finalists |archive-date=2023-03-22 |access-date=2023-03-22 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2009 |''Spiral-Bound: Top Secret Summer'' |Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-02 |title=2000s |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Comic-Con International: San Diego |language=en |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141006153947/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s |url-status=dead }}</ref> |}
== Publications ==
=== As author ===
* ''Spiral-Bound: Top Secret Summer'' (2005) * ''Papercutter'', with J.P. Coovert and Sean Aaberg * ''Papercutter'', with (2006) (2006) * ''Through the Hall of Biodiversity'' (2008) * ''The Unsinkable Walker Bean'' (2010) * ''Anywhere At Once'', illustrated by Laura Park (2011) * ''The Unsinkable Walker Bean and the Knights of the Waxing Moon'' (2018)
=== As illustrator ===
* ''The Lifters'', written by Dave Eggers (2018)
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://aaronrenier.com/blog/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180824184103/http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2007/04/23/interview-aaron-renier-pt-1-of-2/ Interview] with The Daily Crosshatch * [http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/dec05/arenier.shtml interview] with Sequetialtart
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