Leo and Diane Dillon are a husband and wife team of illustrators. He is of African-American descent, she of Jewish descent. They describe their work as incorporating motifs from both their heritages. They work on both on children's literature and adult paperbacks. An association with writer Harlan Ellison led to jobs doing book covers for his short story collections, and later to many other jobs in the science fiction field: they did all the covers for the original Ace Science Fiction Specials, and have won the Hugo Award for their work. They are winners of two Caldecott Medals for childrens' book illustrations including Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples' Ears in 1976.

External links

• Bud Plant's page
• Locus Magazine interview