Birth Name: | Madeleine Bensley |
Birth Date: | 1977 |
Nationality: | Australian |
Write: | y |
Art: | y |
Awards: | International Manga Award |
Madeleine Rosca (born Madeleine Bensley; 1977) is an Australian artist and author. She also writes Rise from Ashes, a supernatural webcomic series.
She grew up in country Victoria and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts from Monash University. She also received qualifications from Swinburne University (multimedia) and the University of Tasmania (information management). She currently resides in Hobart, Tasmania.[1] Rosca is best known for her all-ages manga, Hollow Fields, which is published by Seven Seas Entertainment. She was singled out for special mention in a November 2007 article in Wired on the history of manga in America.[2]
Rosca has published four volumes on her series Hollow Fields, and two volumes of the series called Clockwork Sky. She is also currently working on a webcomic named Rise from Ashes.
Rosca was one of four winners presented with Japan's inaugural "International Manga Award" for her work on Hollow Fields.[3] [4]