Artist profile

David Lupton

David Lupton is a London-based illustrator, hand-drawing and painting his work with traditional media. He often finds expression in the melancholy and the macabre. He has created work for many commercial briefs, including editorial illustration, children's picture books, music video design and animation, and record cover artwork. Lupton has illustrated a number of books for Folio, including  The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (2015) and And Then There Were None (2017, Folio 2025). He worked closely with Ursula K. Le Guin to illustrate the Folio edition  A Wizard of Earthsea (2015), and continued to realise the author's vision after Le Guin passed away, illustrating  The Left Hand of Darkness (2018), The Dispossessed (Folio 2019), The Tombs of Atuan (2022), The Farthest Shore (2022), Tehanu (2023), Tales from Earthsea (2023)and The Other Wind (2024).

Illustrated by David Lupton

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None rejoins our Christie collection, with 15 thrilling illustrations from David Lupton.

The Left Hand of Darkness

The first illustrated edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s masterpiece, The Left Hand of Darkness.

The Books of Earthsea

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea with this stunning series bundle, exclusively from The Folio Society.

A Wizard of Earthsea

A true great of the fantasy genre, Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea brims over with danger and wild magic. Illustrated by David Lupton and introduced by David Mitchell.

The Tombs of Atuan

The Tombs of Atuan is the second book in Ursula K. Le Guin’s unmissable Earthsea series.

The Farthest Shore

Earthsea’s hero Ged continues his story in the third part of Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic fantasy series.

Tehanu

The Folio book of Tehanu, the fourth story in the series, continues the work of bringing Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea to life.

Tales From Earthsea

For Tales from Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin returns to her beloved fantasy world to reveal its very foundations.

The Other Wind

For Tales from Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin returns to her beloved fantasy world to reveal its very foundations.

‘It has been such a joy to immerse myself in Ursula K Le. Guin’s world of dragons and magic and I feel truly privileged to have been given the opportunity to illustrate these books by the Folio Society. I look back proudly at the work I was able to create, initially with the blessing and kindness of Ursula herself and then, after her sad passing in 2018, with the guidance of her son Theo.

Earthsea has been a big part of my life for the past few years and I’m happy to have played a small part in bringing these timeless and wonderful books to life.’

David Lupton on illustrating the Books of Earthsea

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