Steven Appleby is a UK-based cartoonist and illustrator. She has published over 20 books and her images have been exhibited several times. Her comic "Captain J. Star" was awarded the Max and Moritz Prize. In Germany, she has published in Die Zeit and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In the UK, she publishes in The Guardian, The Times, The Observer and The Sunday Telegraph, among others. She has lived openly as a woman since 2007. She is married, has two sons and three stepsons.