Carole worked as a graphist and animator for TV programs, before she published her first graphic novel "Les Chroniques Mauves", a collective work about the lesbian community. She has since published several graphic novels, always a characteristic mix of feminine sensibilities and humor.

Mariko Tamaki is known for her bestselling graphic novels, Skim, Emiko Superstar and This One Summer. She is the winner of an Ignatz Award, a Joe Shuster Award and a Doug Wright Award. She was also nominated for the "Children's literature" category at the 2008 Governor General's Awards. This One Summer, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, was nominated for a 2014 Ignatz Award, and won the 2015 Michael L. Printz Award and a Caldecott Honor from the American Library Association. In 2016 she won the German Rudolph-Dirks-Award in the category Youth Drama / Coming of Age (for This One Summer). Tamaki was also awarded an Honour of Distinction by the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, a literary award for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writers in Canada. She has written for both DC and Marvel comics as lead writer on the Hulk and Supergirl: Being Super.