Wayne Barlowe

Wayne Douglas Barlowe (born 1958) is a science fiction and fantasy painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time, and Newsweek. He is well known for his realistic paintings of surreal alien or fantastic life. He is married to fantasy and science fiction editor Shawna McCarthy and has two daughters, Cayley and Hillary.

Wayne Barlowe has published several art books: Barlow's Guide To Extraterrestrials (1979), Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials: Great Aliens from Science Fiction Literature (1979), Expedition: Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV (1990), An Alphabet of Dinosaurs (written by Dr. Peter Dodson, illustrated by Barlowe, 1995), The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe (1996), Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy (1996), Barlowe's Inferno (1998) and Brushfire: Images from the Inferno (2001).

Wayne Barlowe's first novel is God's Demon (2007).