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R. Kikuo Johnson

R. Kikuo Johnson

Author Biography & Works

Reid Kikuo Johnson is an American illustrator and cartoonist. He is known for illustrating several covers of The New Yorker in addition to the graphic novels Night Fisher, The Shark King, and No One Else. In 2023 he became the first graphic novelist to receive the Whiting Award for fiction.

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Books by R. Kikuo Johnson

The Shark King

The Shark King

A graphic novel that incorporates tales of a shape shifting shark that have been told for generations in Hawaii.

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