Jody Houser

Jody Houser is an American professional comics writer known for her work on licensed properties. She was nominated for the Eisner Award in 2017 for her writing in the comic series Faith (2016). She was also the writer on the second volume of Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins which became a New York Times best-seller in September 2020.

From 2010 to 2015, Houser self published the webcomic Cupcake POW!; she created the comic after reading a survey on the audience desire of female comic readers. The success of the webcomic pushed her further into comics. In 2016, Houser began writing the first solo series about the superhero Faith Herbert from Valiant Comics.