Larry Dixon (fantasy artist)
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Larry Dixon (born July 28, 1966)Template:Citation needed is an American fantasy artist, birds-of-prey rehabilitation specialist,<ref name="Dixon"/> and novelist. He has collaborated with his wife, fantasy author Mercedes Lackey, on multiple books.
Background
Dixon, the son of a Delta Force career commando, studied at The North Carolina School of the Arts and at Savannah College of Art & Design.<ref name="Dixon">Template:Cite web</ref> In 1992, he married fantasy author Mercedes Lackey. They live in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.<ref>Lane, Tahree (October 22, 2006). "Magical forces move Mercedes Lackey to write", The Blade, p. I1.</ref> Dixon, a sports car enthusiast, is also a storm spotter and volunteer firefighter.
Writing
Larry has collaborated with his wife, Mercedes Lackey, on a number of her books,<ref name="Dixon"/> including:
- Storm Breaking (illustrator)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Mage Wars Trilogy (DAW)
- The Black Gryphon (co-author)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The White Gryphon (co-author)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Silver Gryphon (co-author)<ref>Devers, Beth (August 1996). "The Silver Gryphon", Library Journal 42 (8): 185.</ref>
- The SERRAted Edge Novels (Baen)
- Chrome Circle (co-author)<ref>Cassada, Jackie (August 1994). "SF & fantasy – Chrome Circle by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon", Library Journal 119 (13): 139.</ref>
- Born to Run (co-author)<ref>Green, Roland (March 15, 1992). "Science Fiction – Born to Run by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon", Booklist 88 (14): 1344.</ref>
- The Owl Trilogy (DAW)
- Owlflight
- Owlsight (co-author)<ref>Zaleski, Jeff (September 28, 1998). "Owlsight", Publishers Weekly 245 (39): 78.</ref>
- Owlknight (co-author)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Artwork
Dixon has contributed artwork to several roleplaying games, including GURPS and Talislanta,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and to Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons source books, including Oriental Adventures, Epic Level Handbook, and Fiend Folio. His skill with depicting birds of prey has often led to commissions with the United States Military and with Save Our American Raptors, an organization devoted to raptor rehabilitation.
Other work
As a birds-of-prey rehabilitation specialist, Dixon, along with Lackey, has returned over four hundred hawks, owls, falcons and corbies into the wild.<ref name="Dixon"/>
Dixon's wildlife rehabilitation led to a minor role in the creation of the digital effects for the giant eagles in the Lord of the Rings movies.<ref name="Dixon"/> Dixon took digital photographs of a stuffed golden eagle he is currently keeping for its owner, a local tribal elder. These photographs, along with castings of the beak and talons, were sent to Weta Digital in New Zealand to provide texture mapping for the digital model for Gwaihir and the other great eagles of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Appearances
Guest of Honor appearances include:
- CrackerCon (1992)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- ICON 17 (1992)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- FenCon II (2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Lunacon 2009<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- GenCon 2013<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- InConJunction 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>