Jeff Lemire is the New York Times bestselling author of such graphic novels as Essex County , Sweet Tooth , The Underwater Welder , and Roughneck , as well as the co-creator of Descender with Dustin Nguyen, Black Hammer with Dean Ormston, Gideon Falls with Andrea Sorrentino, and many other series. He has also written extensively for both Marvel and DC Comics, and he has collaborated with celebrated musician Gord Downie on the graphic novel and album The Secret Path, which was made into an animated film in 2016. Lemire has won numerous awards for his work, including an Eisner and a Juno award in 2017. Many of his books are currently in development for film and television, including both Descender and A.D.: After Death at Sony Pictures, Essex County at the CBC, The Underwater Welder and Plutona at Waypoint Entertainment, Gideon Falls at Hivemind Media, and the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer universe at Legendary Entertainment. Lemire lives in Toronto, Canada, with his wife and son and their troublesome pug, Lola.