Alicia Austin

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Alicia Austin
Born	1942 (age 71–72) Providence, Kentucky, United States
Nationality	United States
Awards	Hugo Award – Fan Artist 1971 World Fantasy Award – Artist 1979 Balrog Award – Professional Publication 1979 Alicia Austin's Age of Dreams

Alicia Austin (born 1942) is a US fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator. She works in print-making, Prismacolor, pastels and watercolors.

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

References

"Artist Guest of Honor - Alicia Austin". Gaylaxicon 2008. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
"Balrog Award Listings". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
"1979 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees". World Fantasy Convention. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-16.

↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/AAustin.html

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1975–1979	Lee Brown Coye (1975) Frank Frazetta (1976) Roger Dean (1977) Lee Brown Coye (1978) Alicia Austin (1979, tie) Dale Enzenbacher (1979, tie)

1980–1989	Don Maitz (1980) Michael Whelan (1981) Michael Whelan (1982) Michael Whelan (1983) Stephen Gervais (1984) Edward Gorey (1985) Jeff Jones (1986, tie) Thomas Canty (1986, tie) Robert Gould (1987) J. K. Potter (1988) Edward Gorey (1989)

1990–1999	Thomas Canty (1990) Dave McKean (1991) Tim Hildebrandt (1992) James Gurney (1993) Alan M. Clark (1994, tie) J. K. Potter (1994, tie) Jacek Yerka (1995) Gahan Wilson (1996) Moebius (Jean Giraud) (1997) Alan Lee (1998) Charles Vess (1999)

2000–2009	Jason Van Hollander (2000) Shaun Tan (2001) Allen Koszowski (2002) Thomas Kidd (2003) Donato Giancola (2004, tie) Jason Van Hollander (2004, tie) John Picacio (2005) James Jean (2006) Shaun Tan (2007) Edward Miller (Les Edwards) (2008) Shaun Tan (2009)

2010–present	Charles Vess (2010)

Authority control	VIAF: 93743914 ISNI: 0000 0001 1688 1023

Persondata
Name	Austin, Alicia
Alternative names
Short description	American artist
Date of birth	1942
Place of birth	Providence, Kentucky, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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