Larry Dixon - Author and Artist

Larry Dixon is the son of a Delta Force career commando, and studied at the North Carolina School of Art and Design and at Savannah College of Art & Design. In 1992, he married fantasy author Mercedes Lackey, with whom he is a frequent collaborator.

Collaborations with Mercedes Lackey include:
The Mage Wars Trilogy (Baen)
The Black Gryphon (1994)
The White Gryphon (1995)
The Silver Gryphon (1996)

The SERRAted Edge Novels (Baen)
Born to Run (1992)
Chrome Circle (1994)

The Owl Trilogy (DAW)
Owlsight (1997)
Owlflight (1998)
Owlknight (1999)

Larry Dixon as an accomplished artist, having contributed artwork 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.

Along with Mercedes Lackey, Larry works in wildlife rehabilitation, especially with birds of prey. Larry has returned over four hundred hawks, owls, falcons and corbies into the wild. He is currently working toward his falconry license with his friend Cheyenne, a horned owl.

Larry'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. 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 company.

Larry's official website: http://gryphonking.aelfhame.net/