The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted by Stephanie Williams and illustrated by Sas Milledge, will be available on August 5, 2025 from Penguin Young Readers/Viking Books for Young Readers.
The first book in Maggie Stiefvater’s #1 NYT bestselling series The Raven Cycle, now gorgeously illustrated as a graphic novel!
Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only, she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had and has always felt too ordinary within the magic that surrounded her. Enter Gansey, a rich student from Aglionby, the town’s all-boys private school teeming with wealth, privilege, and trouble. Blue’s always made it a point to stay away from its students, the Raven Boys.
But when Gansey asks her to join him and three other Raven Boys on his quest to find a long-forgotten Welsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of their quiet Virginia town, Blue doesn’t hesitate. She jumps at the chance to finally be a part of something real and full of magic, a world she was born into yet one that always stood just out of reach. Soon enough, she’s swept into a strange and shifting world woven into theirs, one far more dangerous than anything they could have dreamt up.
Now reimagined as a stunning full-color graphic novel adapted by Stephanie Williams and illustrated by Sas Milledge, The Raven Boys unravels a thrilling plot around a cast of characters impossible to forget.
Maggie Stiefvater said, “As a creator, it was rewarding and exciting to come of age in Young Adult, watching the category change publishing in real time; I feel the same way about Graphic Novels now. I wanted the Raven Cycle to be a part of this, but only if the adaptation seethed with the same intentionality and specificity as the prose novels. Despite the magic, The Raven Boys is all about the gesture, and Sas is simply exceptional at the tiny evidences that prove humanity.”
Meriam Metoui, Associate Editor at Viking BFYR, said, “This graphic novel adaptation is everything fans loved about the books but shone in a whole new light. It’s been a career highlight to be the editor on this and I’m thrilled we get to reintroduce Blue and her raven boys to new and old readers alike.”
Maggie Stiefvater is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of novels for young people and adults, including the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Wolves of Mercy Falls, starting with Shiver, and The Raven Cycle, starting with The Raven Boys. Her novel The Scorpio Races was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book by the American Library Association. She lives in Virginia with her husband, their two children, many dogs, some bagpipes, and a growling tuner car. You can visit her online at maggiestiefvater.com.
Stephanie Williams is a comic book historian and has written for notable publications such as SYFYFANGRRLS, Marvel, The A.V. Club, Nerdist, Den of Geek, and Rotten Tomatoes. She now has two webcomics, Parenthood Activate and But What If Though, in addition to Living Heroes on Kickstarter. Her writing credits include Marvel Voices: Legacy, Wonder Woman: Black and Gold, Nubia and the Amazons, Trial of the Amazons, Nubia: Coronation Special, Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, Wakanda, and more. Stephanie enjoys spending time with her husband and son when she isn’t reading or writing comics.
Sas Milledge is an illustrator, comic artist, and designer for animation. Sas graduated from RMIT University with a Bachelor of Design in Animation and Interactive Media. Her debut original graphic novel Mamo was released by Boom!Studios in 2022. She is based in Melbourne, Australia.
