S.M. Vidaurri was born and raised in northern New Jersey. He lives and works in New York. He received a BFA in Illustration from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. His apartment is filled with many animals. He likes romance novels and superhero movies. His first graphic novel Iron: Or The War After was published in 2012 and was nominated for the Graphic Album category in the Pepites 2013 Salon de Montreuil. His work was also featured in Locust Moon's Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream which won for Best Anthology in the 2015 Eisner Awards.
...the rich illustrations, diverse cast, and small twists on middle school angst establish a world that seems to demand another chapter. * Publishers Weekly * All My Friends Are Ghosts by S.M. Vidaurri and Hannah Krieger is an excellent read for anyone who's ever felt like an outsider. * Comic Book Resources * Writer S.M. Vidaurri squeezes a lot of world-building into such a short story, but artist Hannah Krieger certainly helps sell it all, creating a variety of interesting-looking ghosts, some of whom take wildly different forms than one generally expects a ghost to take... * School Library Journal *