Meet the author

Jon Agee.

Writer & illustrator · United States · b. 1960

Jon Agee: American picture-book maker behind The Wall in the Middle of the Book, Life on Mars and Lion Lessons — deadpan high-concept comic picture books with strong read-aloud timing for ages 3–7.

Jon Agee is an American author-illustrator born in 1960, best known for picture books with a distinctive deadpan high-concept register, The Wall in the Middle of the Book, Life on Mars, Lion Lessons, It's Only Stanley, Milo's Hat Trick. Agee's style is clean-lined, slightly retro and character-driven, with strong comic timing in dialogue and visual structure. His books work as read-aloud comedy with quietly clever payoffs. A reliable contemporary picture-book maker for ages 3–7, particularly for funny-bone read-aloud sessions.