Renée French

Renée French (born 1963) is an United States|American]] comics]] writer and illustrator and, under the Pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children's book]] author.

Her work includes "H Day" (Picturebox), The Soap Lady (inspired by the display in the Mütter Museum]]) (Top Shelf Productions]]), The Ticking (Top Shelf Productions), and Micrographica (Top Shelf Productions), "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio - Exploratory Studies of Girls and Rabbits" (Sparkplug Comicbooks), and "Marbles in My Underpants" (Oni Press]]). She also has a weekly strip in the New York Press]]. Her serialized comic "Baby Bjornstrand" appears on the Study Group Comic Books website.

French has a serialized illustrated story in the Fantagraphics Books]] quarterly Mome (comics)]] called "Almost Sound." She is also the author of the forthcoming comic book for children, "Barry's Best Buddy," out from TOON Books]] in Spring 2013.

French drew Glenda, the Plan 9 Bunny]], the Mascot of the Plan 9 from Bell Labs]] operating system]], and the gopher mascot for the Go (programming language)|Go programming language]]. French is married to Rob Pike]], one of the creators of Plan 9 from Bell Labs, and of the Go (programming language)|Go programming language]] at Google. They split their time between the United States]] and Australia]].

Awards
In 2007, French was nominated for a number of comics industry awards - including for best artist nods from the Eisner Award|Eisner]], Ignatz Award|Ignatz]], and Harvey Award]]s - for the graphic novel]] The Ticking. French won the Inkpot award at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con.