Artist profile

Julie Dillon

Julie Dillon is an illustrator from the Pacific Northwest, whose clients include major book publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Tor, Penguin and HarperCollins. Since graduating in fine arts from Sacramento State University in 2005 her work has won numerous awards, including a Hugo for best professional artist, as well as Locus and British Fantasy awards for best artist.  For The Folio Society she has illustrated Lord Dunsany’s  The King of Elfland’s Daughter (1912, Folio 2025) and The Song of Achilles (2011, Folio 2024) by Madeline Miller.​

Illustration © Julie Dillon, from A Song of Achilles

Illustrated by Julie Dillon

The Song of Achilles

Star-crossed romance and heart-pounding historical adventure meet in Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles. This special collector’s edition is introduced by classicist Emily Wilson and illustrated by Julie Dillon.

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany’s The King of Elfland’s Daughter, a seminal piece of fantasy literature, now in the ultimate Folio edition with illustrations by Julie Dillon and an introduction by Erin Morgenstern. ​