So to me, these ghosts were the unfazed past that lived within my family,” Hulls saidTessa Hulls knew that she would have to dig deep into her family’s history to write and illustrate her Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel memoir, Feeding Ghosts. Hulls' grandmother, Sun Yi, was a journalist based in Shanghai whose world shifted in 1949, when Communists took over China. So to me, these ghosts were the unfazed past that lived within my family,” Hulls said of the book’s title. Feeding Ghosts also examines how Hull’s family legacy impacted the writer herself. The back cover of 'Feeding Ghosts' by Tessa Hulls.