Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer / In 1938, Lily Renée Wilhelm, a 14-year-old Jewish girl, is living in Vienna when the Nazis march into Austria. After a ship voyage fraught with danger from Nazi torpedoes, teenage Lily reunites with her parents in New York and helps her family earn a living by painting designs on wooden boxes. One day she sees an ad in the paper: a comics publisher is looking for artists. Lily has never drawn comics before, but teaches herself how they work. She is hired to draw the character Senorita Rio, a beautiful spy fighting the Nazis.

GMD	Children
Corporate Author	Holocaust--Survivors--Biography. / Renee,Lily--Biography.
Classification	YB-REN
Publisher	241 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A., Lerner Publishing Group,Graphic Universe, 2011
Subject	Holocaust--Survivors--Biography.Renee, Lily, 1921- --Biography--Juvenile literature.Renee, Lily--Comic books, strips, etc.--Juvenile literature.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.--Juvenile literature.Jewish children in the Holocaust--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.--Juvenile literature.Germany--Ethnic relations--Comic books, strips, etc.--Juvenile literature.Women artists--Biography--Juvenile literature.Graphic Novel Style.
Topic	History-Biography
Description	96
ISBN	9780761381143
URL	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10866058-lily-renee-escape-artisthttps://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38691315?q=9780761381143&c=book&sort=holdings+desc&_=1587970344169&versionId=192497147