Phoebe Louise Adams Gloeckner is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and novelist, born in Philadelphia in 1960.
Gloeckner spent her teenage years in San Francisco with her divorced mother, where she was introduced to a number of prominent cartoonists from the local 'underground comix' scene, including Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Bill Griffith, Diane Noomin.
Gloeckner studied art, French and medical sciences at the San Francisco State University from 1980 to 1985, with periods of study abroad in Marseille and Prague. In 1988 she received a M.A. in medical illustration from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and proceeded to work as a medical illustrator for many years. Such background is visible in her first notable commercial work, a series of illustrations for an edition of J. G. Ballard's novel 'The Atrocity Exhibition'.
As for her comics career, she published short stories in a variety of underground anthologies including Wimmen's Comix, Weirdo, Young Lust, and Twisted Sisters. Some of these stories were collected in A Child's Life and Other Stories (1998). The book steered some controversies for its explicit depiction of sexual abuse of minors.
Gloeckner's following book The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures (2002) combined prose, illustration, and comics. Director Marielle Heller adapted the book for the stage first, then into a movie, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Gloeckner has also illustrated children books. She has been an associate professor at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design since 2010.