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| Born | (1958-06-18)June 18, 1958 (age 66) San Francisco, California, United States |
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Jody A. Lee (born June 18, 1958, inSan Francisco, California) is a professional fantasy artist from San Francisco known best for her book cover illustrations.
Lee was born June 18, 1958, inSan Francisco, California.[1] She graduated from the Academy of Art College in 1980 with a BA in Illustration.[1] She lives inMorro Bay, California with her husband and two children.
In 1980 Lee relocated to New York to work as a professional artist.[1]The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction says she has provided book cover art for "many fantasies with carefully designed, brightly coloured, and pleasantly decorous covers".[1] Authors she has worked with includeMercedes Lackey,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lloyd Alexander,Madeleine L'Engle, and others.
She also paintedrole-playing games' covers such asRuneQuest (third edition, 1984) andPendragon (first edition, 1985).[2] She illustrated the 1991 and 1996 book covers forA Wrinkle in Time, as published by Dell Yearling.
Lee has provided cover art for publishing companies such as Tor,Bantam,Doubleday, Dell, Warner, andDAW Books.[3]
TheSociety of Illustrators Museum in New York and theDelaware Art Museum have both held her work.[3]
She received theChesley Award for Best Paperback Cover in 1989.[4] She was nominated for the Chesley nine additional times between 1990 and 2004,[5] and was also nominated in 1990 for the Award for Artistic Achievement.[6]
She was nominated for theLocus Award Best Artist in 1991.[7] In 1992, she received theJack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist.[1][8]
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