Sarah Anne Langton is a British artist and graphic designer specialising in

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

illustration. She won the 2016

BSFA Award The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) to honour works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members. More recently, m ...

for Best Artwork for her cover of ''Central Station'' by

Lavie Tidhar Lavie Tidhar (; born 16 November 1976) is an Israeli-born writer, working across multiple genres. He has lived in the United Kingdom and South Africa for long periods of time, as well as Laos and Vanuatu. As of 2013, Tidhar has lived in London ...

, and is a three-times

British Fantasy Award The British Fantasy Awards (BFA) are awarded annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS), first in 1976. Prior to that they were known as The August Derleth Fantasy Awards (see August Derleth Award). First awarded in 1972 (to ''The Knight of ...

nominee for Best Artist. Langton created the "Pickwick the Dodo" logo for the Hodderscape list of

Hodder & Stoughton Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette.H ...

, and illustrated the 12pp

comics a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...

''New Swabia'' by Lavie Tidhar (in ''Outside'', Topics Press 2017). She was a Guest of Honour at the 2017 Bristolcon, an annual SF convention in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

. She is currently contributing graphics for the upcoming ''Floor 13: Deep State''

Awards

* 2018

Best Artwork nominee, for ''Unholy Land'' by Lavie Tidhar. * 2017

Chesley Awards The Chesley Awards are the "pinnacle award" for art in the science fiction and fantasy genre. Established in 1985 by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, the awards recognize individual artistic works and achievements during a g ...

Best Cover Illustration - Paperback or E-book category nominee, for ''Central Station''. * 2017 British Fantasy Award Best Artist nominee. * 2016 BSFA Award Best Artwork winner, for ''Central Station''. * 2016

Best Artist nominee. * 2015 BSFA Award Best Artwork nominee, for ''Jews vs Zombies'' edited by Lavie Tidhar and

Rebecca Levene Rebecca Levene is a British author and editor. She is the author of ''The Hollow Gods'' fantasy novel series. In the 1990s, she was an editor at Virgin Books, including notably of the New Adventures series. Biography Levene had a sitcom optio ...

. * 2015 British Fantasy Award Best Artist nominee.

References

External links

Sarah Anne Langton's home pageinterview
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