Anna + Elena = Balbusso Illustrations

Our artwork "Grendel" (one of the illustrations in the book: Beowulf, Black Cat Publishing 2013) has been selected to appear in the American Illustration 33 annual award book. Our winning work will be presented in print, online and in a version for tablet devices. We would like to thank the Jury and Black Cat for this beautiful project! From 9,720 images entered by 1,439 illustrators, magazines, agencies, publishers and schools, the jury selected, by a majority vote or better, only 384 images to appear in the book and represent the best pictures from 2013.

Out on April 1st from Tor Books, The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison tells the story of the youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor, who has lived his entire life in exile. But when his father and three sons in line for the thrones are killed in an “accident,” he has no choice to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir, though he has no friends, no advisors, and countless threats against his life and reign.

Our new illustrated book THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer, Black Cat Publishing, will be available very soon. We contributed with 12 color illustrations. In advance here's our cover art: Geoffrey Chaucer. His portrait is composed of faces of the characters of the Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 –1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.