Les Edwards

Les Edwards is an artist and illustrator whose work has appeared in a number of Fighting Fantasy related publications including eleven Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, Warlock and other related publications. He is best known for his horror, science fiction and fantasy illustrations. In addition to his own name, he works under the pseudonym Edward Miller.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Career[]

He trained at Hornsey School of Art and was represented by Young Artists Agency London.

Bibliogrpahy[]

Cover Illustrator

Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks[]

(#9) Caverns of the Snow Witch (Puffin, 1984)
(#19) Demons of the Deep (Puffin, 1986)
(#26) Crypt of the Sorcerer (Puffin, 1987)
(#30) Chasms of Malice (Puffin, 1987)
(#33) Sky Lord (Puffin, 1998)
(#35) Daggers of Darkness (Puffin, 1988)
(#38) Vault of the Vampire (Puffin, 1989)
(#41) Master of Chaos (Puffin, 1990)
(#49) Siege of Sardath (Puffin, 1992)
(#50) Return to Firetop Mountain (Puffin, 1992)
(#58) Revenge of the Vampire (Puffin, 1995)
(#4) Creature of Havoc (Wizard, 2002)
(#6) Crypt of the Sorcerer (Wizard, 2002)
(#10) Caverns of the Snow Witch (Wizard, 2003)

Warlock Magazine[]

Issue 13 (Games Workshop, 1986)

Interior Illustrator

Other Fighting Fantasy[]

The Fighting Fantasy Poster Book (Fantail, 1990)

BattleCards[]

Edwards was also responsible for the artwork on a number of Steve Jackson's BattleCards:

**BattleCards by Les Edwards**
US Edition		UK Edition
US No.	US Name	UK No.	UK Name
3	Les Edwards	23	Les Edwards
50	Lord of the Masque	60	Lord of the Masque
51	George Lacklustre	71	George Lacklustre
52	The Iron Maiden	5	The Iron Maiden
53	John the Agreeable	62	John the Agreeable
54	Helmut the Bold	70	Helmut the Bold
55	Boris the Brave	97	Boris the Brave
56	D'Accord the Daring	30	D'Accord the Daring
57	Croque the Hunter	89	Croque the Hunter
58	Firenzi the Fearless	128	Firenzi the Fearless
59	Ferrario the Valiant	54	Ferrario the Valiant
60	VanVincent the Fluent	106	VanVincent the Fluent
61	Barbarian Swordsman	87	Barbarian Swordsman
62	Obojo the Cruel	47	Obojo the Cruel
63	The Medusa	32	The Medusa
64	The Crypt Stalker	14	The Crypt Stalker
65	The Dark Warrior	84	The Dark Warrior
66	The Flesh-Eater	12	The Flesh-Eater
67	Baalthazac	125	Baalthazac
68	Horned Devils	101	Horned Devils
69	Hellhound	109	Hellhound
70	Homunculus	113	Homunculus
71	Deathweb Spider	38	Giant Deathweb Spider
72	Bloodsuckers	59	Bloodsuckers
73	Soulpod Plant	18	Soulpod Plant
74	Salaman Rush Demon	139	Salaman
75	Wolfman^{Note 1}	123	Wolfman^{Note 1}

BattleCard Notes[]

Wolfman specified that the artist was Unknown. This was to facilitate a quest (Lord Magnoble's Quest), where the player had to find the five cards whose artist was identified by a question mark ("?"), rather than by name, and having found these cards, identify who the artist was. In the case of this card, it was Les Edwards.

Outside of Fighting Fantasy[]

He is now represented by Val Edwards. He has work includes major advertising campaigns, publishing, comics and film design, but he is best know for his genre illustrations. He has illustrated two graphic novels, Rawhead Rex and Son of Celluloid, based on short stories from Clive Barker's Books of Blood.

He has has won the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist seven times, and has been nominated three times for a World Fantasy Award.

Les Edwards

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