Paul Kidby

Paul Kidby (born 1964) is the second artist to have illustrated the covers for the Discworld books. After the death of Josh Kirby, Paul Kidby became the standard artist for the covers of the British Discworld novels. Additionally, he provided the illustrations for The Last Hero and the collections The Pratchett Portfolio and The Art of Discworld.

Other works include the art he created for the standalone catalogue Discworld and Beyond- A Retrospective, published by St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, 2012, for the exhibition of the same name; art for multiple Discworld Calendars, art for the first eight Discworld Diaries and he is also the illustrator for the official Discworld Colouring Book.

Book Covers by Paul Kidby

• The Science of Discworld (1999)
• The Last Hero (2001)
• Night Watch (2002)
• The Science of Discworld II: the Globe (2002)
• The Wee Free Men (2003, 2004, 2017)
• Monstrous Regiment (2003)
• The New Discworld Companion (2003)
• A Hat Full of Sky (2004, 2005, 2017)
• Going Postal (2004)
• Thud! (2005)
• The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch (2005)
• Wintersmith (2006*, 2007, 2017)
• Making Money (2007)
• The Folklore of Discworld (2008)
• Unseen Academicals (2009, 2014)
• The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld (2009)
• I Shall Wear Midnight (2010*, 2017)
• Snuff (2011*)
• The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2011)
• Dodger (2012)
• Raising Steam (2013*, 2014)
• The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (2013*)
• The Shepherd's Crown (2015, 2017)
• The Definitive Good Omens (2019*)

*Multiple covers produced in the same year.

Books Illustrated by Paul Kidby

• The Pratchett Portfolio
• A Tourist Guide to Lancre
• Death's Domain
• The Last Hero
• The Art of Discworld
• Discworld's Unseen University Diary 1998
• Discworld's Ankh-Morpork City Watch Diary 1999
• Discworld's Assassins' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2000
• Discworld Fools' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2001
• Discworld Thieves' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2002
• Discworld (Reformed) Vampyres' Diary 2003
• The Celebrated Discworld Almanak (with Bernard Pearson and Sheila Watkins)
• Ankh-Morpork Post Office Handbook 2007
• Lu-Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment 2008
• Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
• GURPS Discworld/ Discworld Roleplaying Game
• Discworld and Beyond-A Retrospective
• The Dodger's Guide to London
• Terry Pratchett's Discworld Colouring Book
• Terry Pratchett's Discworld Imaginarium
• Terry Pratchett: HisWorld A Brief Guide to Discworld
• Terry Pratchett HisWorld Official Exhibition Companion
• The Definitive Good Omens
• The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One
• The Illustrated Guards! Guards!

External Links

• Discworld.com (formerly PJSM Prints) – a great place for news about Terry and various Discworld productions, and to admire or buy Discworld art.
• Paul Kidby's personal site
• Paul Kidby on Wikipedia
• Paul Kidby on Facebook