Doogie Horner is an author, illustrator, and comedian. He spent his early career as a book designer, creating memorable covers for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

Doogie is the author and illustrator of The Adventures of Invisible Boy graphic novel series, which was a Junior Library Guild Selection, and ALA notable book, and was named best graphic novel of 2024 by The Week Junior. His other books include Some Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren’t Aware of and This Might Hurt a Bit. 

He has three comedy albums:  A Delicate Man,  Dad Max, and The Bee’s Knees, the first of which was an AV Club staff pick. Doogie lives with his family in Western New York.

“Horner skillfully delves into deep themes such as parental expectations, social acceptance, and self-worth in a manner that will resonate with middle graders.”
–School Library Journal

“Doogie Horner: America’s heart-warmer-in-chief?”
—Time magazine

“Dry and a little deadpan, with just enough salt and weirdness sprinkled in.”
—the AV Club

You can contact me at doogiehorner@gmail.com for more information or to just say hi.

Literary agent: Dan Lazar, dlazar@writershouse.com

If you’d like to know more about my work process, you can listen to this recent interview I did with the friendly folks at 3 Point Perspective.