Ilene Haddad is a graphic designer, cartoonist and award-winning essayist from Austin, Texas. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, Austin’s NPR station (KUT), and other outlets. Her illustrated memoir, I’ve Seen You Naked Over 8,000 Times, came out in 2025.

She studied graphic design at the University of Texas at Austin and has run her own design studio for over 20 years. She was a recipient of the Women Communicators of Austin's Creative Initiative Award for founding BlogathonATX, a central Texas blogging conference.

Ilene lives with her husband, Bill, a lazy lapdog named Harry, and Dexter, the ghost of poodles past. Her current project is a collection of illustrated essays about her marriage.

You can find her cartoons and other random stuff on Instagram.