Meredith Gran has been writing webcomics since she was a teenager, but it is her most recent web comic, Octopus Pie, that has catapulted her to fame. Gran earned the Best Newcomer category at the 2008 Online Cartoonists' Choice Awards and was nominated for Outstanding Black and White Art and Outstanding Website Design. Gran is presently based in New York City, where she studied animation at the School of Visual Arts.