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Rowena Morrill (1944–2021)

Author of The art of Rowena

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Includes the names: Rowena Morrill, Rowena Morrill

Disambiguation Notice:

On some works, her cover art is credited simply as "Rowena."

Works by Rowena Morrill

The art of Rowena (2000) — Illustrator — 109 copies, 1 review
The Fantastic Art of Rowena (1983) 65 copies, 2 reviews
Kopernikus 11 (1984) — Composer — 5 copies
Imagination 2 copies
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Associated Works

The Return of the King (1955) — Cover artist, some editions — 54,498 copies, 335 reviews
Good Omens (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 38,956 copies, 873 reviews
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 13,420 copies, 114 reviews
Many Waters (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 9,018 copies, 72 reviews
Dragonsong (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 7,745 copies, 109 reviews
Dragonsinger (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 6,831 copies, 71 reviews
Dragondrums (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 6,082 copies, 44 reviews
The Dolphins of Pern (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,105 copies, 21 reviews
Swan Song (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,895 copies, 134 reviews
Damia (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,197 copies, 21 reviews
Wizard at Large (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,140 copies, 17 reviews
For Love of Evil (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,957 copies, 22 reviews
Split Infinity (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,853 copies, 31 reviews
Crystal Line (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,783 copies, 22 reviews
Daggerspell (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,665 copies, 40 reviews
And Eternity (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,654 copies, 20 reviews
Lord Valentine's Castle (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,625 copies, 39 reviews
Blue Adept (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,592 copies, 11 reviews
Juxtaposition (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,468 copies, 14 reviews
The Divine Invasion (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,329 copies, 28 reviews
Dr. Bloodmoney (1963) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,288 copies, 38 reviews
This Immortal (1966) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,206 copies, 40 reviews
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,006 copies, 78 reviews
Darkspell (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,888 copies, 17 reviews
Powers That Be (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,877 copies, 11 reviews
Thieves' World (1987) — Cover art, some editions — 1,695 copies, 18 reviews
Power Lines (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,580 copies, 6 reviews
Dream Park (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,553 copies, 23 reviews
Power Play (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,382 copies, 7 reviews
Dying of the Light (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,298 copies, 27 reviews
The Dreaming Jewels (1950) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,229 copies, 26 reviews
Master of the Five Magics (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,214 copies, 12 reviews
Tales of Nevèrÿon (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,186 copies, 12 reviews
Rite of Passage (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,159 copies, 31 reviews
The Wolf's Hour (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,149 copies, 27 reviews
The Dunwich Horror and Others (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 989 copies, 11 reviews
Stinger (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 978 copies, 21 reviews
Venus Plus X (1960) — Cover artist, some editions — 959 copies, 20 reviews
They Thirst (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 921 copies, 24 reviews
Malafrena (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 856 copies, 10 reviews
God of Tarot (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 855 copies, 4 reviews
The Colour Out of Space and Others (1927) — Cover artist, some editions — 845 copies, 28 reviews
Secret of the Sixth Magic (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 841 copies, 5 reviews
The Iron Dream (1972) — Cover artist, some editions — 830 copies, 31 reviews
Madwand (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 796 copies, 7 reviews
The Face in the Frost (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 793 copies, 20 reviews
Vision of Tarot (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 713 copies, 3 reviews
Neveryóna (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 707 copies, 7 reviews
Darker Than You Think (1940) — Cover artist, some editions — 687 copies, 20 reviews
Dr. Futurity (1960) — Cover artist, some editions — 679 copies, 11 reviews
Dimension of Miracles (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 671 copies, 19 reviews
Thrice Upon a Time (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 666 copies, 10 reviews
Faith of Tarot (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 662 copies, 4 reviews
Project Pope (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 635 copies, 14 reviews
Alchemy and Academe (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 630 copies, 7 reviews
Riddle of the Seven Realms (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 597 copies, 3 reviews
The Malacia Tapestry (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 593 copies, 10 reviews
The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 576 copies, 10 reviews
To Live Forever (1956) — Cover artist, some editions — 554 copies, 14 reviews
Ghosts I Have Been (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 553 copies, 9 reviews
Baal (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 541 copies, 15 reviews
Sandkings (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 535 copies, 20 reviews
The Night Boat (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 534 copies, 11 reviews
Flight of the Raven (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 503 copies, 1 review
Courtship Rite (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 496 copies, 9 reviews
Flight from Nevèrÿon (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 496 copies, 4 reviews
Skyfall (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 477 copies, 6 reviews
Wolfling (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 476 copies, 2 reviews
The Horse Goddess (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 452 copies, 2 reviews
Across a Billion Years (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 441 copies, 12 reviews
Golem 100 (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 435 copies, 6 reviews
Retief's War (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 427 copies, 4 reviews
Bethany's Sin (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 405 copies, 5 reviews
The Golden Man (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 398 copies, 6 reviews
The Legion of Space (1934) — Cover artist, some editions — 384 copies, 8 reviews
Pilgermann (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 370 copies, 1 review
Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 365 copies, 14 reviews
Nightwalk (1967) — Cover artist, some editions — 356 copies, 8 reviews
Lord Darcy Investigates (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 350 copies, 5 reviews
Retief of the CDT (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 332 copies, 3 reviews
The Time Bender (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 327 copies, 7 reviews
The Golden Helix (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 318 copies, 2 reviews
The World Shuffler (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 316 copies, 4 reviews
Eyes of Amber and Other Stories (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 314 copies, 4 reviews
The Sword of Calandra (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 308 copies, 3 reviews
The Crystal Singer Omnibus (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 300 copies, 3 reviews
Cat Scratch Fever (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 297 copies, 1 review
The Passing Bells (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 296 copies, 14 reviews
Dragonholder (1999) — Cover artist, some editions — 289 copies, 5 reviews
Star Hunters (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 278 copies, 3 reviews
Retief : Diplomat at Arms (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 271 copies, 5 reviews
The Star Dwellers (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 270 copies, 7 reviews
Cataract (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 266 copies, 2 reviews
Retief to the Rescue (Jaime Retief Series #12) (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 254 copies, 2 reviews
House of Zeor (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 250 copies, 7 reviews
The Nowhere Hunt (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 248 copies
The Shattered World (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 236 copies, 3 reviews
The Hounds of Tindalos (1946) — Cover artist, some editions — 233 copies, 3 reviews
Harm's Way (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 232 copies, 3 reviews
The Golden Swan (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 227 copies, 2 reviews
Arafel's Saga (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 216 copies
The Shape Changer (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 215 copies
The Broken Lands (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 210 copies, 2 reviews
The Sword of Winter (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 204 copies, 3 reviews
The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 195 copies, 2 reviews
Tambu (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 193 copies, 4 reviews
Three From The Legion (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 193 copies
The Warrior who Carried Life (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 190 copies, 6 reviews
Opus 200 (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 175 copies
The Stars Are the Styx (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 173 copies, 2 reviews
Yearwood (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 168 copies, 4 reviews
The Labyrinth: Memoirs of Walter Schellenberg, Hitler's Chief of Counterintelligence (1956) — Cover artist, some editions — 167 copies, 4 reviews
The Black Mountains (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 167 copies, 2 reviews
Cloud Castles (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 155 copies
The Iron Lords (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 154 copies
Titan's Daughter (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 149 copies, 1 review
Basilisk (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 149 copies, 5 reviews
The Fire in His Hands (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 148 copies, 1 review
The Best of Randall Garrett (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 139 copies, 2 reviews
Firebird (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 137 copies, 4 reviews
The Garden of the Stone (1999) — Cover artist, some editions — 133 copies
Into the Alternate Universe and Contraband from Otherspace (1979) — some editions — 126 copies, 2 reviews
Fantasy Life (2003) — Cover artist, some editions — 125 copies, 4 reviews
The City of the Singing Flame [collection] (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 123 copies, 5 reviews
The Crimson Chalice (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 120 copies, 3 reviews
The Devil Wives of Li Fong (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 117 copies, 2 reviews
Circumpolar (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 116 copies, 1 review
Whispers: An Anthology of Fantasy and Horror (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 110 copies, 1 review
Byzantium's Crown (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 110 copies
The Dark Dimensions / The Rim Gods (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 109 copies, 2 reviews
Anne McCaffrey: A Life With Dragons (2007) — Cover artist, some editions — 107 copies
Make Way for Dragons! (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 106 copies
Shadows Out Of Hell (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 105 copies
To the High Redoubt (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 95 copies
King Dragon (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 92 copies, 1 review
The Sword Is Forged (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 91 copies, 1 review
In the Hands of Glory (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 89 copies
The Mutant Prime (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 89 copies
The Last Incantation [collection] (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 87 copies, 1 review
The Eyes of Sarsis (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 83 copies
Burning (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 75 copies
The Daughters of Bast: The Hidden Land (1999) — Cover artist, some editions — 75 copies
Web of the Spider (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 73 copies
Night Songs (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 72 copies, 1 review
Who Fears the Devil? {unspecified} (1963) — Cover artist, some editions — 70 copies, 3 reviews
The Woman of Flowers (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 68 copies
Crab's Moon (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 67 copies, 2 reviews
The Unknown 5 (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 65 copies
Queensblade (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 64 copies
The Final Test (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 63 copies, 1 review
Meanwhile (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 63 copies
Outrun the Dark (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 62 copies, 1 review
The Daughters of Bast : Shrine of Light (2000) — Cover artist, some editions — 62 copies
The War in Heaven (2000) — Cover artist, some editions — 61 copies, 3 reviews
Swept Away (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 61 copies, 3 reviews
Think of a number (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 60 copies, 5 reviews
The Origin of the Crabs (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 57 copies, 1 review
No Clock in the Forest (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 57 copies
Isobel (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 56 copies
Crabs on the Rampage (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 54 copies, 1 review
The Hammer and the Horn (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 52 copies, 1 review
Broken Symmetries (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 52 copies
The Dark Gods (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 51 copies
Alien Cargo (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 51 copies
Moonspell (The Secret of the Unicorn Queen) (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 49 copies
Beastmaker (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 49 copies
Into the Dream (The Secret of the Unicorn Queen) (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 49 copies
The World Tree (The Daughters of Bast) (2001) — Cover artist, some editions — 44 copies
Labyrinth (Questioner Trilogy Book 1) (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 41 copies
The Fall of Worlds (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 24 copies, 1 review
City of Crystal Shadow (Questioner Trilogy, Book II) (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 23 copies
Nightreaver (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 22 copies
Ozymandias (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 22 copies
Unless She Burn (Areia Darenga, Book 2) (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 21 copies
The Tapestry Warrior (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 21 copies
No Earthly Shore (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 19 copies
Valentines & Vitriol (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 19 copies, 3 reviews
The Stolen River (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 17 copies
Science Fiction Jahrbuch 1983. (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 15 copies
Der blaue Adept II. (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 13 copies
Schatten des Ichs (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 12 copies
Der blaue Adept Band 1 (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 11 copies
Blood Tide (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 8 copies
Die Wasserkönige von Majipoor. (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 6 copies
The Haunt (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 5 copies
Fantasy (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Uncontested Stories — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Morrill, Rowena
Legal name
Morrill, Rowena A.
Other names
Rowena
Birthdate
1944-09-14
Date of death
2021-02-11
Gender
female
Education
University of Delaware (BA)
Tyler School of Arts
Occupations
illustrator
Awards and honors
British Fantasy Award (Artist, 1984)
World Fantasy Award (Life Achievement, 2020)
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Mississippi, USA
Disambiguation notice
On some works, her cover art is credited simply as "Rowena."
Associated Place (for map)
Mississippi, USA

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3 reviews
TobinElliott2,468 reviews
The Fantastic Art of Rowena by Rowena Morrill
Growing up in the 70s, if you were a genre book reader, there were just certain artists that were on your radar. Frank Frazetta. Boris Vallejo. Chris Foss. Michael Whelan. The Brothers Hildebrandt...and Rowena.

Each one carved out their own niche, and each did it well. Rowena was not one that perhaps consistently grabbed me, possibly because I found her figures, while gorgeously rendered, always felt a bit stiff (compare them to the fluidity of a Frazetta or a Vallejo), but the color palette show more and the imagination was always top notch.

This is a short, yet illuminating overview of her earlier work. She would produce much greater paintings later, and absolutely earned her spot as one of the top tier fantasy/SF illustrators of her time.

I really do miss the paperback covers of the 70s and 80s. They just don't do them like that anymore. show less
Mar 15, 20251 other review
Jean_Sexton787 reviews
The Fantastic Art of Rowena by Rowena Morrill
This is an early collection of Rowena Morrill's work. She had yet to win the British Fantasy Award for her illustrations. In some ways her depiction of the human form remind me of Boris Vallejo. She really excels in depicting textures. The clothes that she paints look like fabric you want to touch to see if it is as soft and silky as it appears. There is a reason I have kept this book for over 30 years -- I love it.
Jun 14, 20151 other review
jshillingford1,199 reviews
The Art of Rowena by Doris Vallejo
Rowena's work just doesn't have the edge that Vallejo and Royo have. Though her art is attractive, it just doesn't jump off the page. If you collect art books, you might want this. If you're looking for something to scan and use as desktop wallpaper, buy a Royo book.
½
Jul 17, 2007

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