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Fall BSC tour dates announced!

Hello, friends! Very exciting news: this fall, I’m going to be traveling around North America with beloved friend and collaborator Raina Telgemeier to celebrate the release of The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #1: Baby-Sitters On Board! Tickets are

June 12, 2026

Gale Galligan's book tour schedule for Fresh Start. Header reads: Join New York Times Bestselling author GALE GALLIGAN. Below the header is a book cover and author photo. Tour dates follow: WED, JAN 8 @ 6 PM BookPeople in Austin, TX in conversation with Gabriela Epstein THURS, JAN 9 @ 6:30 PM St. Louis County Library in St. Louis, MO SAT, JAN 11 @ 2 PM Scrawl Books in Reston, VA in conversation with Megan Wagner Lloyd SUN, JAN 12 @ 2 PM People's Book Takoma Park in Takoma Park, MD TUES, JAN 14 @ 5:30 PM Second Star to the Right in Denver, CO WED, JAN 15 @ 6:30 PM Astoria Bookshop in Astoria, NY in conversation with Maria Scrivan The Graphix and Scholastic logos follow at the bottom of the image.

Fresh Start is going on tour!

It’s almost book time!! Let’s goooooo!!

December 16, 2024

Drawing of Ollie from the graphic novel Fresh Start looking forward with an upbeat, determined expression while holding her backpack. To her right, an excerpt from a starred Kirkus review: "The exaggerated manga-inspired illustrations and impeccable comedic timing create a pitch-perfect portrayal of the ebullient highs and mortifying lows of middle school ... A hilarious and undeniably endearing tale of tweenhood." Handwritten text below the review reads "thank you!!!!" Bottom right: the book's title (Fresh Start) and "coming january 7".

A Fresh Start star!

It’s been a minute!! I’ve been hard at work on SECRETS, which I am excited to (hopefully) talk about very soon. In the meantime: my next book, FRESH START, is set to hit shelves in January — and it has

October 3, 2024

Picture Books On Repeat

Reading time~!

April 25, 2023

A full-color poster for the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival, June 10-11 2023. A young person with long hair floats in the sky. They reach up towards a fluttering comic book. Other pages float around with additional information about the event: featured guests Gale Galligan, Nate Powell, Dan Santat, and Jen Wang; location at the downtown Ann Arbor District Library, and a link to the Ann Arbor Library website for more information (aadl.org/a2caf).

Upcoming events!

I’m super excited to be taking part in these upcoming events…!

April 12, 2023

Freestyle roundup!

End-of-year list of things!

December 12, 2022

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