I’m Hallie Bateman. I’m a freelance writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles. My work has been published by The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Awl and others. I am the author of Brave New Work (2016), What To Do When I’m Gone (2018) and Directions (2021).

Want to hire me? Or maybe just say hi? Email me at hallie.bateman@gmail.com.

Press/Interviews: Tight Pencils / The Daily Dot / Muse’s Milk / The Wall Street Journal

THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED

The Awl / December 2014

"How to draw people on the subway" / The Awl / 2014

I made over 40 drawings while marching in the People's Climate March in Manhattan on September 21st. Then I narrowed them down and compiled them into a comic which was published on The Awl. Later that week, the Wall Street Journal interviewed me about the piece.

Originally published on The Bygone Bureau. September 2012.

Originally published on The Hairpin. 2012.