Les Edwards was born on 7 September 1949 and is a British illustrator known for his work in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres, and has provided numerous illustrations for book jackets, posters, magazines, record covers and games during his career.
15 Facts About Les Edwards
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Les Edwards has won the British Fantasy Society award for Best Artist seven times, and was awarded the World Fantasy Award in 2008.
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Les Edwards is known for his numerous covers for books in the Fighting Fantasy series, including Caverns of the Snow Witch, Demons of the Deep, and Crypt of the Sorcerer, and many of the more recent re-issues.
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Les Edwards provided the covers for the Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay supplements Power Behind the Throne and Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned, and a series of illustrations for the Dark Future game.
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Les Edwards has provided several pieces of work for Milton Bradley's HeroQuest, and covers for books for FASA's Shadowrun and Earthdawn RPGs.
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Les Edwards has provided illustrations for British science fiction periodicals Interzone and Postscripts.
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Les Edwards created the UK publicity posters for the films The Thing, Graveyard Shift and Nightbreed, the latter a commission he received as a result of Clive Barker's influence.
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Les Edwards has provided a number of record covers during his career.
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In recent years, Les Edwards has begun working under the pseudonym "Edward Miller", a move designed to allow him to pursue a more diverse range of commissions without any assumptions on the part of publishers based on his prior work, particularly any restrictive association with the horror genre.
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Les Edwards has won the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist seven times.
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Les Edwards has been nominated three times for a World Fantasy Award and won, as Edward Miller, in 2008.
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Les Edwards acted as a judge for the awards in 2003, and was the artist guest of honour at the 1995 World Science Fiction Convention.
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Les Edwards is represented by his wife, Val Les Edwards, with whom he lives in Brighton, England.
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Les Edwards is generally known for his emphasis on portrait elements, whilst as Miller, on the other hand, he places a greater emphasis on landscapes, and what he views as a more 'romantic style'.
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Recently Les Edwards has begun working in the digital medium with programs like Painter, enjoying the freedom afforded with computers, although he continues to express a preference for traditional painting techniques.