Karen Moy
Karen Moy began writing the Mary Worth comic strip in early 2004.

She is a graduate of State University of New York at Binghamton with a bachelor’s degree in studio art.

Her love of comics and storytelling led to her writing duties on the Mary Worth strip which she had been a fan of for many years.

Like the character Mary Worth, Moy lives in an apartment complex, enjoys quoting aphorisms and occasionally dispenses advice. Unlike the character, she is a young woman who is not quite as handy in solving her neighbors’ personal problems.

She currently lives in New York.

Joe Giella
Joe Giella draws Mary Worth, one of the classic soap-opera comic strips, which retains a loyal following.

The strip started in 1934. King Features Syndicate now distributes Mary Worth to some 350 newspapers worldwide.

Giella attended the School of Industrial Art and the Art Students League in New York City, and took commercial art courses at Hunter College. His education was interrupted for eight years while he served in the Navy Reserve.

Giella worked as a comic book artist for the medium's two major publishers, DC and Marvel. In addition to his work on superheroes, he did free-lance work for such prestigious firms as McCann Erickson, Saatchi & Saatchi, Doubleday and Communigraphics. His work for Simon & Schuster includes a strength and fitness book and a superhero cookbook!

Between assignments, he also found time to design and illustrate 75 Disney T-shirts.

He has worked on many syndicated comic strips. He penciled and inked Batman for four years, and he assisted on several King Features strips, including Flash Gordon and The Phantom.

Giella is married and lives on Long Island in New York. The Giellas have three sons and one daughter.