David Palumbo studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and his illustrations have appeared on book covers, album covers, collectible card games, magazines, comics, and advertising. He is the son of artist Julie Bell and stepson of artist Boris Vallejo. Some of his work can be seen at The Illustration of David Palumbo.
How did you get your start as a science fiction illustrator? What artists most influenced you?
Charlie Jane Anders is the managing editor at science fiction blog io9.com. Since 2001, she’s organized and hosted Writers With Drinks, a spoken word “variety show” that features science fiction alongside literary fiction, poetry, comedy and other genres. She won the Emperor Norton Award for “extraordinary invention and creativity unhindered by the constraints of paltry reason” in 2009. Her writing has appeared in Mother Jones, the Wall Street Journal, the
This is the first installment of Locus Magazine’s irregular ‘‘Spotlight on’’ series of short interviews, designed to highlight artists, new writers, publishers, art directors, booksellers, editors, and others who contribute to the science fiction/fantasy field.
David Moles was born in California and raised in San Diego, Athens, Tehran, and Tokyo. A graduate of the American School in Japan, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Oxford University, he has
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