David A. Hardy
Dave@astroart.org
http://www.astroart.org

David A. Hardy illustrated his first space book in 1954, and produced his first SF covers in 1970. He has continued to work happily in both worlds, and is European Vice President of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA) as well as Vice President of ASFA; He is also a past Chairman of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group (UK). Apart from his book and cover work, David has produced art for TV (including Blake's Seven), video, computer games, and movies such as The Neverending Story. He has written and illustrated eight of his own books plus a novel, Aurora: A Child of Two Worlds, which was published by Cosmos in 2003.

David was nominated for the Artist Hugo in 1979, was awarded 'Best Cover' by Analog readers in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007, and his book with Sir Patrick Moore, Futures: 50 Years in Space (AAPPL, 2004/2006) received the Sir Arthur Clarke award in 2005 and was also nominated for a Hugo in that year. A book about his life and work, Hardyware: The Art of David A. Hardy, was published by Paper Tiger in 2001. He has produced a DVD, Space Musik (which is available from his website; http://www.astroart.org.) In 2003 an asteroid was named after him!