David A. Hardy

David A. Hardy

David A. Hardy (born 10 April 1936 in Bournville, Birmingham, UK), is the longest-established living space artist, having illustrated his first book in 1954.

He started his career as an employee in the Design Office of Cadbury's, where he created packaging and advertising art for the company's confectionery. His first science fiction art was published in 1970, but he has gone on to illustrate hundreds of covers for books, and for magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact. His work also appears regularly in magazines such as Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Now and Popular Astronomy, for which he also writes articles.[citation needed]

He is European Vice President of the International Association of Astronomical Artists, and Vice President of the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.

He has been Artist Guest of Honour at a number of science fiction conventions, including Stucon, Albacon, Armadacon, Novacon, the 2007 Eurocon, and Illustrious, the 2011 Eastercon.

Major books

  • Challenge of the Stars (with Patrick Moore) (1972), revised as New Challenge of the Stars 1978
  • Galactic Tours (with Bob Shaw) (1981)
  • Atlas of the Solar System (1982/1986)
  • Visions of Space (Dragon’s World, 1989)
  • Hardyware: The Art of David A. Hardy (text by Chris Morgan]; Paper Tiger UK/Sterling US 2001)
  • Aurora: A Child of Two Worlds (novel; Cosmos Books, 2003)
  • Futures: 50 Years in Space (text by Sir Patrick Moore, AAPPL/HarperCollins 2004), (Paperback 50 Years in Space AAPPL 2006)

Awards and honours

Asteroid 13329 Davidhardy, discovered 1998 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak has been named after him.

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