John Harris

John Harris (born 29 July 1948) is a British artist and illustrator, known for working in the science fiction genre. His paintings have been used on book covers for many authors, including Orson Scott Card, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Ben Bova, Wilbur Smith, Jack Vance, Ann Leckie, and John Scalzi. His work has covered many genres and although he made his name in the science-fiction genres, he is now exploring a new realm, the imaginative realism of aerial landscapes.

Biography Born on 29 July 1948 in London, England, His illustrations during this period have now become collector's items, including Jack McDevitt's Nebula Award-winning Seeker. His painting MASS: The Building of FTL1 was used by Psygnosis for the cover of their 1990 video game Awesome.

During the early 1980s Harris was commissioned by Sinclair Research to produce cover art for the user manuals for the ZX81, ZX Spectrum, ZX Interface 1 and ZX Microdrive computer products.

In 1984 Harris was commissioned to create a painting of the Space Shuttle Endeavour launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre.

In 2010 Harris became a regular contributor to the exhibitions of the Symposium of Imaginative Realism (Illuxcon).

In 2014, Titan Books published a new collection of his works, entitled Beyond the Horizon; The Art of John Harris.

Harris lives in Devon. He is married to Sarah Harris and has two children, Sophie and Ben.

In 2015, he won the Chesley Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

Publications Mass. Paper Tiger Books, May 2000,