Josh Kirby

This article is about the twentieth-century English artist. For the eighteenth-century artist, see Joshua Kirby. For the movie series, see Josh Kirby... Time Warrior!
Not to be confused with Jack Kilby or Jack Kirby.

Josh Kirby
Kirby at home
Born
Ronald William Kirby

(1928-11-27)27 November 1928
Waterloo, Lancashire, England
Died23 October 2001(2001-10-23) (aged 72)
Shelfanger, Norfolk, England
EducationLiverpool City School of Art
Known forPainting, especially book cover art
Spouse
Dianne Kingston
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(m. 1965; div. 1982)​
Awards
  • Best professional science fiction artist at the Annual World Sci-Fi Convention (1979)[1]
  • British Fantasy Award for Professional Artist (1996)

Ronald William "Josh" Kirby (27 November 1928 – 23 October 2001) was a British commercial artist.[2] Over a career spanning 60 years, he was the artist for the covers of many science fiction books including Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.

  1. ^ This conflicts with the official Hugos page: https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kirby was invoked but never defined (see the help page).