Rebecca Rea Sugar (born July 9, 1987) is an American animator, director,
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screenwriter, producer, and singer/songwriter. She is the creator of the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe, making her the first woman to independently create a series for the network.[1]
Until 2013, Sugar was a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time. Her work on the two series has earned her six Primetime Emmy Award nominations.[2]
Sugar is a bisexual non-binary woman,[3] which has encouraged her to stress the importance of LGBT representation in art, especially in children's entertainment.
Sugar is stated to have been a fan of Invader Zim when it was on the air, and wrote the foreword for The Art of Invader Zim.
