Alicia Austin
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Alicia Austin is a US
fantasy
and science fiction
artist
and illustrator. She works in print-making, Prismacolor
, pastel
s and watercolors. B
Austin was born in Providence, Kentucky
. As her father was career military, she grew up in Germany and Japan, as well as the United States. She studied art and biology at the University of Houston
, Texas, and has since worked in both Canada and the United States.
Austin has illustrated books by Robert E. Howard
, C. L. Moore
, Andre Norton
, Harold Lamb
, Poul Anderson
, Lewis Shiner
, and Ursula K. Le Guin
. A collection of her work, Alicia Austin's Age of Dreams
, was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1978.
She currently lives in California.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and illustrator. She works in print-making, Prismacolor
Prismacolor
Prismacolor is a brand of professional artists' supplies originated by Berol in 1938, and now manufactured by Newell Rubbermaid. Among the items in the Prismacolor line are colored pencils, Art Stix, pastels, watercolors, and alcohol-based permanent art markers....
, pastel
Pastel
Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation....
s and watercolors. B
Austin was born in Providence, Kentucky
Providence, Kentucky
Providence is a city in Webster County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,611 at the 2000 census. The city is named after Providence, Rhode Island....
. As her father was career military, she grew up in Germany and Japan, as well as the United States. She studied art and biology at the University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
, Texas, and has since worked in both Canada and the United States.
Austin has illustrated books by Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre....
, C. L. Moore
C. L. Moore
Catherine Lucille Moore was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, as C. L. Moore. She was one of the first women to write in the genre, and paved the way for many other female writers in speculative fiction....
, Andre Norton
Andre Norton
Andre Alice Norton, née Alice Mary Norton was an American science fiction and fantasy author under the noms de plume Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston...
, Harold Lamb
Harold Lamb
Harold Albert Lamb was an American historian, screenwriter, short story writer, and novelist.Lamb was born in Alpine, New Jersey. He attended Columbia University, where his interest in the peoples and history of Asia began. Lamb's tutors at Columbia included Carl Van Doren andJohn Erskine. ...
, Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson
Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories...
, Lewis Shiner
Lewis Shiner
Lewis Shiner is an American writer.Shiner began his career as a science fiction writer, identified early on with cyberpunk, and later wrote more mainstream novels, albeit often with magical realism and fantasy elements...
, and Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...
. A collection of her work, Alicia Austin's Age of Dreams
Alicia Austin's Age of Dreams
Alicia Austin's Age of Dreams is a collection of drawings by Alicia Austin. It was published in 1978 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 2,000 copies, of which 200 were bound in buckram and signed by Austin. The book contains an introduction by George Barr and an afterword by...
, was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1978.
She currently lives in California.