Lilah Sturges

She is the author of two novels—Midwinter (2009) and its sequel The Office of Shadow (2010)—and a book of short horror fiction, Beneath the Skin and Other Stories (2000).

Beginning in 2006, she and Willingham co-wrote the 50-issue Jack of Fables (a spin-off from Willingham's popular Fables series). In 2008 she began writing the 42-issue House of Mystery as well. After signing an exclusive deal with DC Comics later that year, Sturges wrote Blue Beetle from #29 to its end with #36, and Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! featuring the Human Flame. In 2009 she partnered again with Willingham writing Justice Society of America beginning with issue #29.

In the 1990s, Sturges was a member of the writers' collective Clockwork Storybook, which also included Willingham, Chris Roberson, and Mark Finn.

Lilah Sturges (/ˈ s t ɜːr dʒ ɪ z / ; born Matthew Sturges, October 1970) is an American writer of comics and fantasy novels. She is best known for co-writing with Bill Willingham the Eisner-award-nominated Jack of Fables, and other comics published by Vertigo Comics / DC Comics.

Sturges was born in October 1970, assigned male gender. In December 2016, Sturges announced via her Twitter and Facebook accounts that she is a transgender woman, and has adopted the name Lilah. She has two daughters, Emerson and Camille Sturges.