Maria Stoian is an award-winning comics artist and illustrator based in Edinburgh, where she teaches at Edinburgh College of Art. She is the author of the graphic novel Take it as a Compliment, a collection of real-life stories of sexual violence. In collaboration with writer Heather Parry she designed and illustrated The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide and The Illustrated Fair Work Guide. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, The Nib and in anthologies such as We Shall Fight Until We Win and the Eisner-winning Drawing Power.