After studying animation at Sheridan College, Faith Erin Hicks came to prominence with her long-running webcomic Demonology 101 (D101).

Since the end of Demonology 101, Hicks has completed a spinoff of the D101 character Sachs entitled A Distant Faith. She also began work on a zombie-movie inspired comic called Zombies Calling, as well as the dystopian comic Ice (originally published on Modern Tales).

As part of her day job she has also contributed backgrounds to the George of the Jungle animated series and created Jenny’s Brothers, a comic strip to the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

She hosted a pannel as the guest speaking of Animintines Halifax on April 25, 2010.

• 2003: Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards, for Demonology 101:
• Won "Outstanding Writing" Award
• Won "Outstanding Black and White Art" Award
• Nominated for "Outstanding Art" Award
• Nominated for "Outstanding Character Development" Award
• Nominated for "Outstanding Long Form Comic" Award
• Nominated for "Outstanding Dramatic Comic" Award

• 2004: Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards, for Demonology 101:
• Won "Outstanding Dramatic Comic" Award
• Won "Outstanding Long Form Comic" Award

• 2008, for Zombies Calling:
• Won the "Favourite Canadian Comic Book Creator - English-Language Publications" Joe Shuster Award
• Nominated for the "Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)" Joe Shuster Award