Arantza Sestayo - new cover

Arantza Sestayo recently completed her cover art for Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier published by Penguin/Roc.
Arantza had suggested a number of pose options and the pencil sketches are included here. I'm sure the three that weren't chosen will be featured in future paintings.
Please review her updated portfolio here.

Fred Gambino joins Alan Lynch Artists

We're pleased to welcome Fred Gambino to ALA. Fred's an accomplished illustrator of book covers, picture books, gaming design, film concept, and character development. His new book, Dark Shepherd (Titan Books), coming out later this year features a collection of his work. Look for a preview in the next few weeks. Fred is available for projects with a March 1st deadline.

Jim Kay - new Harry Potter artist

We are pleased to announce that Jim Kay has been commissioned to fully illustrate the entire Harry Potter series. A mouth watering and career defining opportunity as well as a mammoth task!
The first in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, will be published in September 2015 with subsequent titles released on an annual basis thereafter. Color illustrations throughout!
Jim, who won the Kate Greenaway award for A Monster Calls in 2012 has been featured in two articles published by the Guardian.

The initial article can be seen here and an insightful Q&A can be read here.

The deal with Bloomsbury UK was negotiated by our colleague Alison Eldred in London.

We will keep you up to date with new Potter images as they are released.

Mélanie Delon 2014 Calendar

Melanie Delon has released her 2014 calendar in time for the holiday season. 12 months of beautiful lushness.
For more details and to order your copy go to: EXUVIA.
New additions to Mélanie's portfolio can be seen here.

Chris Gibbs

The Dragon Whisperer is a new piece by Chris Gibbs. Chris has been slowly edging into the world of fantasy over the past few years having started out doing mostly mysteries and high end women's fiction.

Take a look at some more recent work by Chris on his portfolio page.

Eithné O'Hanlon

I'm very pleased to announce that Eithné O'Hanlon has agreed to join us and we look forward to working with her. Eithné creates worlds and characters with varying degrees of fantasy and is comfortable in both the adult and younger markets.

Please take a look at her portfolio and get in touch if you have any questions or requests.

Eithné O'Hanlon portfolio.

Nekro steampunk

This cover art by Nekro is for Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett. It's the first novel in a new steampunk series published by Tor Books. Click the thumbnail to see the full image in all it's glory. Nekro will be publishing a second collection of his images titled Skeleton Key later this year.