Alicia Austin

American artist (born 1942)

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Alicia Austin

Born| 1942 (age 82–83)

Providence, Kentucky, United States

Alma mater| Sacred Heart Dominican College
Partner| Jinx Beers
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 an American fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator. She works in print-making, Prismacolor, pastels and watercolors.

## Early life and education

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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 on an art scholarship at the Sacred Heart Dominican College in Houston, Texas, which closed in 1975.[1] Her early influences include Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, and N.C. Wyeth.[2]

## Career

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In the beginning of her career, she illustrated for fanzines, such as Energumen, Granfalloon, Aspidistra, and Science Fiction Review. She sold every piece of work entered in the 1969 World Science Fiction Convention in St. Louis, and then began accepting professional assignments. Her first two assignments were the first two Universe anthologies, which were edited by Terry Carr. She then became a regular artist for Vertex magazine.[2] 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.

## Personal life

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She was partners with Jinx Beers, a lesbian activist, until her death in 2018.[3] She lives in Los Angeles, California.[4]

## Awards

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* Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist (1971)[5]
* World Fantasy Award - Artist (1979)[6]
* Balrog Award \- Best Professional Publication (1979)[7]
* Inkpot Award (1991)[8]
* Chesley Awards nomination (1989) (1993) [9]

## Bibliography

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* New Worlds of Fantasy#3 (1971)
* Universe 1 (1971)
* The Mask of Circe (1971)
* Universe 2 (1972)
* Echoes from an Iron Harp (1972)
* A Witch Shall be Born (1975)
* Black God's Shadow (1977)
* Alicia Austin's Age of Dreams (1978)
* The Demon of Scattery (1979)
* Destinies (1979)
* Destinies (1979)
* The Last Castle (1980)
* Voorloper (1980)
* The Illustrated Night Before Christmas (1980)
* Destinies (1980)
* Destinies (1980)
* Dragons of Light (1980)
* The Magic May Return (1981)
* Scarlet Dream (1981)
* The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (1981)
* Nirwana (1981)
* Durandal (1981)
* A Christmas Carol (1981)
* Asimov's Science Fiction (1981)
* Asimov's Science Fiction (1981)
* On St. Hubert's Thing (1982)
* The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune (1982)
* Amazing Stories (1982)
* The Sea of the Ravens (1983)
* Night's Master (1985)
* Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine (1988–2000)
* Bridging the Galaxies (1993)
* Cat's Paw (2007)

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## References

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1. ^ Boykin, O.P., Sister Antoinette (2010-06-12). "Dominican College". tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
2. ^ a b "Alicia Austin - Biography". www.aliciaaustin.com. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
3. ^ McHugh, Kathleen A; Johnson-Grau, Brenda; Sher, Ben Raphael, eds. (December 2014). Making Invisible Histories Visible (The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives). The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives and The Regents of the University of California.
4. ^ "Courtly Lives - Alicia Austin".
5. ^ "1971 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
6. ^ "sfadb: World Fantasy Awards 1979". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
7. ^ "1979 Balrog Award". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
8. ^ Inkpot Award
9. ^ "Sfadb : Alicia Austin Awards".
10. ^ "Alicia Austin - Bibliography". www.aliciaaustin.com. Retrieved 2018-03-10.

## External links

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* Official website
* Alicia Austin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Inkpot Award (1990s)

1990|

* Karen Berger
* Bob Burden
* Tom DeFalco
* William Gaines
* Jim Henson
* Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier
* Grant Morrison
* Bob Overstreet
* Mary Reynante
* Bob Schreck
* Ken Steacy
* Rick Sternbach
* Charles Vess

1991|

* Alicia Austin
* Clive Barker
* Dan Barry
* Dan DeCarlo
* Creig Flessel
* Neil Gaiman
* Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
* Keith Giffen
* George Gladir
* Joe Haldeman
* Lynn Johnston
* Carol Kalish
* Don Maitz
* Sheldon Moldoff
* Steve Oliff
* Julie Roloff
* Stan Sakai

1992|

* Carina Burns-Chenelle
* Bob Chapman
* Francis Ford Coppola
* Robin Doig
* Alan Grant
* Bill Griffith
* Ray Harryhausen
* Marc Hempel
* Jim Lee
* Milo Manara
* Scott McCloud
* Todd McFarlane
* Rowena Morrill
* Diane Noomin
* Louise Simonson
* Dick Sprang
* Vernor Vinge
* Mark Wheatley

1993|

* Jim Aparo
* Gary Carter
* Phil Foglio
* Robert Goodwin
* Ferd Johnson
* Don Martin
* Dave McKean
* Clydene Nee
* Paul Norris
* Paul Power
* P. Craig Russell
* Mark Schultz
* Vincent Sullivan
* Michael Whelan
* Roger Zelazny

1994|

* Mike Carlin
* Paul Chadwick
* Al Feldstein
* Stan Goldberg
* Roberta Gregory
* Chad Grothkopf
* Jerry Ordway
* Bud Plant
* Mike Richardson
* John Romita, Jr.
* Richard Rowell
* Lucius Shepard
* Mickey Spillane
* J. Michael Straczynski
* Rumiko Takahashi

1995|

* Roger Corman
* Greg Hildebrandt (Brothers Hildebrandt)
* Tim Hildebrandt (Brothers Hildebrandt)
* Ryoichi Ikegami
* Irv Novick
* Joe Sinnott

1996|

* Donna Barr
* Mort Drucker
* Joe Giella
* Jim Mooney
* Kurt Schaffenberger
* François Schuiten
* David Siegel

1997|

* Dick Ayers
* Steve Bissette
* Terry Brooks
* Bob Haney
* Russ Heath
* Carol Lay
* Michael Moorcock
* Janice Tobias
* George Tuska

1998|

* John Broome
* Eddie Campbell
* Nick Cardy
* David Glanzer
* Fred Guardineer
* Lorenzo Mattotti
* Paul S. Newman
* John Severin
* Joe Simon
* Naoko Takeuchi
* Mark Yturralde

1999|

* Tom Batiuk
* Chuck Cuidera
* Samuel R. Delany
* Arnold Drake
* Sam Glanzman
* Larry Gonick
* Irwin Hasen
* Sue Lord

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World Fantasy Award—Artist

* Lee Brown Coye (1975)
* Frank Frazetta (1976)
* Roger Dean (1977)
* Lee Brown Coye (1978)
* Alicia Austin / Dale Enzenbacher (1979)
* Don Maitz (1980)
* Michael Whelan (1981)
* Michael Whelan (1982)
* Michael Whelan (1983)
* Stephen Gervais (1984)
* Edward Gorey (1985)
* Jeff Jones / Thomas Canty (1986)
* Robert Gould (1987)
* J. K. Potter (1988)
* Edward Gorey (1989)
* Thomas Canty (1990)
* Dave McKean (1991)
* Tim Hildebrandt (1992)
* James Gurney (1993)
* Alan M. Clark / J. K. Potter (1994)
* Jacek Yerka (1995)
* Gahan Wilson (1996)
* Mœbius (Jean Giraud) (1997)
* Alan Lee (1998)
* Charles Vess (1999)
* Jason Van Hollander (2000)
* Shaun Tan (2001)
* Allen Koszowski (2002)
* Thomas Kidd (2003)
* Donato Giancola / Jason Van Hollander (2004)
* John Picacio (2005)
* James Jean (2006)
* Shaun Tan (2007)
* Les Edwards (2008)
* Shaun Tan (2009)
* Charles Vess (2010)
* Kinuko Y. Craft (2011)
* John Coulthart (2012)
* Vincent Chong (2013)
* Charles Vess (2014)
* Samuel Araya (2015)
* Galen Dara (2016)
* Jeffrey Alan Love (2017)
* Gregory Manchess (2018)
* Rovina Cai (2019)
* Kathleen Jennings (2020)
* Rovina Cai (2021)
* Tran Nguyen (2022)

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* United States
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* Yale LUX

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