' Lighter Than My Shadow reveals the long-lingering anguish people in recovery secretly live through while friends and family assume (or hope) that everything is again okay. ' Lighter Than My Shadow is the eating disorder memoir you’ve been waiting for.' 'It’s a gripping memoir that survivors can relate to, and one that will produce a greater degree of empathy and understanding in those who have little experience with the subject.' School Library Journal (starred review) 'This intimate, unflinching title is an essential addition to graphic novel collections.' But Katie Green's searing memoir of a young life dogged by eating disorders feels special.' 'Many artists claim to have been saved by their craft. Lighter Than My Shadow is a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness, an exposure of those who are so weak that they prey on the weak, and an inspiration to anybody who believes in the human power to endure and to eventually find happiness. But in any life, a set of circumstances can collide, and normal behavior can soon shade into something sinister, something deadly. She’d sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she’d have to eat it for breakfast. Lighter Than My Shadow is a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness, an exposure of those who are so weak that they prey on the weak, and an inspiration to anybody who believes in the human power to endure and to eventually find happiness.

Her work has been featured in several exhibitions, and Katie and gives workshops and presentations around the UK and overseas.Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. Since the publication of her first book, Katie has worked on zines, short comics and illustrations for select clients as well as her own self-directed creative work. The completed work, some 500 pages, took almost 5 years to complete. Her graphic memoir, Lighter Than My Shadow, began as a degree project and was signed up by Jonathan Cape in early 2010. After completing a degree in Biology she studied Sequential Illustration, graduating with first class honours in 2009. Her work has been featured in several exhibitions, and Katie and gives workshops and presentations around the UK and overse Katie Green grew up in the London suburbs and moved to Bristol in 2002 to study, where she lived for ten years before moving to her current home in Devon. Katie Green grew up in the London suburbs and moved to Bristol in 2002 to study, where she lived for ten years before moving to her current home in Devon.

Lighter than My Shadow by Katie Green