Derf Backderf

Derf Backderf is the bestselling, award-winning author of My Friend Dahmer and Trashed. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Derf Backderf's Titles

Dissidents Autocrats! Vigilantes! Communists! And Cartoonists!

The Dissidents

From the award-winning author of My Friend Dahmer and Kent State comes a timely graphic novel about racism, violence, and political turmoil...


Kent State A Graphic Nonfiction Account of the Vietnam War Protests and National Guard Shootings

Kent State

From Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer, comes the Eisner and ALA/YALSA Alex Award-winning tragic and unforgettable story...


My Friend Dahmer Movie Tie-In Edition A Graphic Novel Memoir

My Friend Dahmer Movie Tie-In Edition

A national bestseller, Derf Backderf’s Alex Award winner My Friend Dahmer is the bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion...


Trashed A Graphic Novel

Trashed

Trashed, Derf Backderf’s follow-up graphic novel to his critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer, is an...


My Friend Dahmer A Graphic Novel Memoir

My Friend Dahmer

A national bestseller, Derf Backderf’s Alex Award winner My Friend Dahmer is the bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion...