American
Harmony Becker is an American cartoonist and illustrator. She is best known for Himawari House, a graphic novel published by First Second in 2019. The book follows three young women who live in a share house in Tokyo and study at the same language school. Becker draws in black and white and lets Japanese, Korean and English appear on the page without always translating them, so readers share the characters' confusion as they learn. Himawari House drew on her own interest in Japan and in language learning. It became a widely read young adult graphic novel and brought her attention from librarians, teachers and critics. Her work is quiet and focused on daily life, friendship and the experience of living between cultures.