The Left Hand of Darkness

About the Illustrator

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).

About the Illustrator

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).

About the Illustrator

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).

About the Illustrator

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).

About the Illustrator

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).