Lea Hernandez is one of the few American comic artists whose work could be categorized (if you're the kind of person who categorizes things) with shoujo manga. She worked as a vice-president for Gainax for a while, did a column for Wizard Magazine, did coloring work for Dark Horse Comics, and some other stuff, all of which is pretty cool. I know her because she wrote Cathedral Child and Clockwork Angels. I've only read Cathedral Child so far, but my man down at the Comic Stop will be getting me both Clockwork Angels and her latest effort, Rumble Girls: Silky Warrior Tansie, which looks as though it will be quite a departure from the style of story we saw in Cathedral Child.

She's sort of the godmother of American anime fandom. Neat lady. I'd love to meet her someday.