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Aimée de Jongh.

Writer & illustrator · Netherlands · b. 1988

Aimée de Jongh: Dutch cartoonist behind the graphic-novel adaptation of Lord of the Flies and her own The Return of the Honey Buzzard — clean-lined, atmospheric YA / adult adaptation work for ages 14+.

Aimée de Jongh is a Dutch cartoonist born in 1988, best known to UK children's-book readers as the visual adapter of William Golding's Lord of the Flies into graphic-novel form (with Fred Fordham co-adapting the script). De Jongh's wider work includes the YA / adult graphic novels The Return of the Honey Buzzard (her debut, 2014) and Days of Sand. Her style is clean-lined, painterly and emotionally precise, with strong character work and atmospheric landscape. A reliable contemporary YA / adult graphic-novel adapter for serious literary properties, with appeal for readers aged 14+.