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Gail Simone

Gail Simone is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Gail Simone rather than just read about it. In short: Gail Simone (born July 29, 1974) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's Birds of Prey, Batgirl, Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest-running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Other notable works include Clean Room, Secret Six, Welcome to Tranquility, The All-New Atom, and Deadpool.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Gail Simone (born July 29, 1974) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's Birds of Prey, Batgirl, Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest-running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Other notable works include Clean Room, Secret Six, Welcome to Tranquility, The All-New Atom, and Deadpool. She enjoyed a long-running stint on The Simpsons comics and has also written for television and video games. In 2024, Orbit Books published her debut novel Red Sonja: Consumed. Her work has been nominated for a number of awards including the GLAAD Media Award, and she is the recipient of an Inkpot Award at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con.

Career

Early work Gail Simone was born and raised in Oregon. A former hairdresser who studied theater in college, Simone first came to public notice through Women in Refrigerators, a website founded in 1999 by comics fans in response to a scene in Green Lantern #54, in which Kyle Rayner's girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, is murdered and her corpse shoved in a refrigerator for him to find. The fans analyzed the treatment of women in fiction and concluded that they are often killed or harmed to advance the narrative of male characters. The site brought Simone into contact with many people working in the comics industry. Beginning in October 1999, her column You'll All Be Sorry! appeared weekly on Comic Book Resources. Topics ranged from short, satirical summaries of comic books ("Condensed Comic Classics") to fan fiction parodies.

Comics

2000–2010

From 2001, Simone wrote Simpsons Comics for Bongo Comics, including an annual Treehouse of Horror special, and regular scripts for Bart Simpson Comics. Simone also penned many Sunday strips for the syndicated Simpsons comic strip. Simone worked for Marvel Comics on Deadpool from 2003. After Deadpool was canceled and relaunched as Agent X, Simone continued as writer, but eventually left the project after a conflict with the series' editor. Simone returned to write the concluding arc to Agent X after the series' initial cancellation. Simone moved to DC Comics, where she wrote Birds of Prey in 2003 from issue #56, which featured an all-female team: Oracle, Black Canary, Huntress, and Lady Blackhawk. Simone wrote Action Comics with John Byrne as pencil artist. In 2005 Simone wrote the Villains United limited series – part of the Infinite Crisis crossover – starring Catman. She also wrote a two-issue story arc that focused on Hawk and Dove for a rebooted Teen Titans series with Rob Liefeld as artist. Simone supported Liefeld in the face of public criticism of his art. Simone's Villains United limited series spin-off Secret Six followed in 2005, which led to an ongoing series in September 2008, and multiple DC crossovers prior to the September 2011 New 52 relaunch. Other works by Simone include Action Comics, The Legion, Rose and Thorn, WildStorm's Gen13, and an Atom series based on ideas by Grant Morrison and penciled by John Byrne and Mike Norton. She wrote a creator-owned project about a retirement community of super-heroes, Welcome to Tranquility, for WildStorm, and contributed to Tori Amos's Comic Book Tattoo. In 2007 Simone took over writing duties on Wonder Woman from issue #14. To date, Simone is Wonder Woman's longest-running female writer. In 2010, she became the writer of Birds of Prey. She returned to Welcome to Tranquility for a second limited series in 2010. In 2011, Simone and Ethan Van Sciver wrote The Fury of Firestorm as part of The New 52. Later that year, Secret Six was canceled and Simone left Birds of Prey and Firestorm.

2011–2020 In 2011, Simone contributed to The Power Within, a Kickstarter-funded comic book that focuses on teen bullying. As part of DC Comics' New 52 initiative, Simone wrote a new Batgirl title starring Barbara Gordon, which debuted in 2011. Simone introduced Alysia Yeoh, the first transgender character written in a contemporary context in a mainstream comic book. In 2012, news outlets reported that her exclusivity deal with DC had terminated and she was leaving the Batgirl title as well as DC Comics. In 2012, Simone revealed that she was fired from Batgirl by the book's new editor Brian Cunningham. After fan protests, Simone returned to Batgirl as writer. Simone was replaced in 2014 as writer for Batgirl, with significant retcons made to the character's backstory following Simone's departure.

In 2013, DC Comics published The Movement by Simone and artist Freddie Williams II, which Simone called "a book about power – who owns it, who uses it, who suffers from its abuse." Also in 2013 Simone wrote a new ongoing Red Sonja series for Dynamite. Also in 2013, Simone was listed first on IGN's list of the "Best Tweeters in Comics" for the "enthusiasm and thoughtfulness" of her Twitter posts. In 2014–2015, Simone wrote the Lara Croft series Tomb Raider for Dark Horse Comics, set between the 2013 video game reboot and its sequel Rise of the Tomb Raider. Oni Press published her graphic novel Seven Days with art by Jose Luis in 2020 as part of an initiative to launch a new Catalyst Prime superhero universe.

2021–present In Nightwing #110, Tom Taylor introduced a bear named in her honor, Gail the Slayer, as a tongue in cheek reference to their continued mock feud. In March 2024, Simone was announced as the first solo female writer for Uncanny X-Men. In April 2025, it was announced that she will write a Rebel Moon prequel series for Titan Comics featuring the film's cyborg sword master Nemesis. In July 2025, she was named a Special Ambassador for the Inkwell Awards. In March 2026, the Marvel Comics character Gail Arakawa was named after Simone, and Hiromu Arakawa.

Animation In 2005, Simone wrote the Justice League Unlimited episode "Double Date", which featured Question, Huntress, Green Arrow and Black Canary. Originally, Simone intended the episode to feature Batgirl, but animation rights for the character were unavailable. In 2007, Simone wrote an episode of GameTap's Revisioned: Tomb Raider, entitled "Pre-Teen Raider". In 2010, Simone wrote the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Mask of Matches Malone!", which featured the Birds of Prey. In 2019, Simone wrote the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Between Dark and Dawn".

Novels In 2023, Orbit Books announced that Simone would write an original Red Sonja novel, titled Red Sonja: Consumed, published in November 2024.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Gail Simone

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Gail Simone claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Gail Simone before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Gail Simone ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Gail Simone

In research: Gail Simone appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Gail Simone in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Gail Simone is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1974 births, American comics writers, American feminist writers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Gail Simone outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Gail Simone matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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