Meet the author

Jes Wibowo.

Writer · United States

Jes Wibowo: Indonesian-American co-creator (with sibling Cin Wibowo) of Lunar Boy — bright, inclusive middle-grade graphic novel about a queer Indonesian-American teen and a moon-boy, for ages 10–14.

Jes Wibowo is an Indonesian-American cartoonist best known as the co-creator with sibling Cin Wibowo of Lunar Boy, a middle-grade graphic novel about a queer Indonesian-American teenager and a lunar boy descended from the moon. The Wibowo siblings' work is bright, character-driven and warmly contemporary, well-suited to inclusive middle-grade graphic-novel storytelling. A reliable contemporary middle-grade graphic-novel author for ages 10–14.