Meet the author

Jeff Victor.

Writer & illustrator · United States

Jeff Victor: American author-illustrator of the You Wish graphic-novel series, warm-hearted desert-and-magic-lamp fantasy quests for the Bone and Amulet crowd, ages 9-12.

Jeff Victor is an American author-illustrator who trained in art and design at the University of Kansas and spent years working for animation and games studios before turning to comics. His debut middle-grade graphic novel, You Wish (2024), and its sequel Wishborn (2025), follow Avery McLean, a lonely girl running a desert gas station who unlocks the power hidden inside an old lamp and is pulled into a dazzling, dangerous magical world. Expressive, propulsive and warm-hearted, his fantasy quests are pitched squarely at readers who wore out Bone, Amulet and 5 Worlds. A dependable, big-hearted graphic-novel author-illustrator for ages 9-12.