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Jon Agee (1960-) Biography

Awards, Honors, SidelightsPersonal, Addresses, Career, Writings



Born 1960, in Nyack, NY; Education: Cooper Union School of Art, B.F.A.

Agent—c/o Author Mail, Hyperion Books, 114 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011.

Author and illustrator of children's books.

SELF-ILLUSTRATED

If Snow Falls: A Story for December, Pantheon (New York, NY), 1982.

Ellsworth, Pantheon (New York, NY), 1983.

Ludlow Laughs, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1985.

The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1988.

Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! and Other Palindromes, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1991.

The Return of Freddy Legrand, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1992.

Flapstick: Ten Ridiculous Rhymes with Flaps, Dutton (New York, NY), 1993.

So Many Dynamos! and Other Palindromes, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1994.

Dmitri the Astronaut, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1996.

Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp? and Other Oxymorons, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1998.

Sit on a Potato Pan, Otis!: More Palindromes, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1999.

Elvis Lives!: and Other Anagrams, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 2000.

Milo's Hat Trick, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2001.

Palindromania!, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 2002.

Z Goes Home, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2003.

Terrific, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2005.


ILLUSTRATOR

Lucia Monfried, Dishes All Done, Dutton (New York, NY), 1989.

Dee Lillegard, Sitting in My Box, Dutton (New York, NY), 1989.

Mary H. Heyward, The Toy Box, Dutton (New York, NY), 1989.

(With others) The Big Book for Peace, Dutton (New York, NY), 1990.

Jennifer Jacobson, Mr. Lee, Open Court (Chicago, IL), 1995.

Erica Silverman, The Halloween House, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1997.

Tor Seidler, Mean Margaret, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1998.

William Steig, Potch and Polly, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 2002.


OTHER

Also author of book and lyrics to musicals B.O.T.C.H. and Flies in the Soup, produced at TADA! Theater, New York, NY.


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