Leo and Diane Dillon's Covers Art

Leo Dillon (March 2, 33 – May 26, 2012), and Diane Dillon (nee Sorber, born March 13, 1933), were American illustrators of children’s books and adult paperback books and magazine covers. Leo’s obituary described the work of the husband and wife team as “a seamless amalgamation of both their hands”. They created more than 100 speculative fiction books and magazine covers over more than 50 years. They did almost all of their work together in this field.

The Caldecott Medal was won by the Dillons in 1976 and 1977, which were the only consecutive awards of this honor. In 1978, they were runners up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award to children’s illustrators. They were again nominated by the United States in 1996.