Janet Lee

First you should know: Janet K. Lee is an illustrator. She isn’t an actor, though she performed in many plays. She isn’t a singer, though she studied opera at University. She isn’t an author—at least not yet—though she is currently writing her first graphic novel.

Janet K. Lee made her first foray into illustration in 2010, co-creating Return of the Dapper Men with writer Jim McCann. Return of the Dapper Men garnered a record-setting five Eisner nominations in 2011, and won the Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album. For her work on Return of the Dapper Men, Janet also received a nomination for the Russ Manning Award for most promising newcomer. Since then, she has illustrated many more books and contributed to several anthologies. Her first solo work is scheduled for publication in Winter 2025.

Janet lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, novelist Mike Lee, her son Ethan, one very sweet dog and four very bad cats. You can find more of her work at www.j-k-lee.com.