Nebula Awards Showcase 2013

ABOUT THE COVER ARTIST

Julie Dillon is a freelance illustrator living and working in Northern California. She received a bachelor of fine arts from California State University, Sacramento, in 2005, with continued education at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and Watts Atelier of the Arts. She has won numerous honors for her work, including the 2010 Chesley Award in the Best Color Work, Unpublished category for Planetary Alignment and the Best Cover Illustration in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show for her piece used for Jason Sanford’s short story “The Never Never Wizard of Apalachicola.” At the ArmadilloCon Art Show in 2012, she won Best in Show, Best Artist, and Best Color Work. Her work has also received nominations for World Fantasy and Chesley Awards, and she has had pieces in Spectrum 17, Spectrum 18, and Spectrum 19. Her painting Artificial Dreams was featured as the cover art for the twentieth-anniversary can of Corel™ Painter 12. She has done pieces for numerous clients, including Tor Books, Wizards of the Coast, and Fantasy Flight Games.