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	== Books (as cover artist) ==		== Books (as cover artist) ==
	Kirby began painting covers for the [[Discworld]] series with the paperback edition of {{COM}}, and continued to paint covers for all of Pratchett's adult novels up until {{TOT}} in 2001, including new covers for his pre-Discworld books, ~~as well as~~ covers for . He also collaborated with Pratchett on the illustrated novella {{E}}, originally published as a large-format art book, and illustrations for several of Pratchett's short stories, some of which were used as covers for anthologies in which they appeared, in English and other languages. Many of these appear in the collection {{BS}}.		Kirby began painting covers for the [[Discworld]] series with the paperback edition of {{COM}}, and continued to paint covers for all of Pratchett's adult novels up until {{TOT}} in 2001, including new covers for his pre-Discworld books, and covers for [[the Bromeliad]] series and {{TCP}}. He also collaborated with Pratchett on the illustrated novella {{E}}, originally published as a large-format art book, and illustrations for several of Pratchett's short stories, some of which were used as covers for anthologies in which they appeared, in English and other languages. Many of these appear in the collection {{BS}}.

	=== Discworld ===		=== Discworld ===

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	'''Ronald William "Josh" Kirby''' was an English artist, best known for his paintings for science fiction and book covers from the 1950s through to the 1980s. He also produced many film posters and illustrations for roleplaying games. He was well known for including a huge number of specific details from a book in his cover painting, though often not in the context in which they appear in the narrative - and sometimes with some fairly extreme artistic license.		'''Ronald William "Josh" Kirby''' was an English artist, best known for his paintings for science fiction and fantasy book covers from the 1950s through to the 1980s. He also produced many film posters and illustrations for roleplaying games. He was well known for including a huge number of specific details from a book in his cover painting, though often not in the context in which they appear in the narrative - and sometimes with some fairly extreme artistic license.

	Kirby was the primary cover artist for most of Pratchett's novels, including the [[Discworld Books]], until his death in 2001, when [[Paul Kidby]] took over.		Kirby was the primary cover artist for most of Pratchett's novels, including the [[Discworld Books]], until his death in 2001, when [[Paul Kidby]] took over.

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'''Ronald William "Josh" Kirby''' was an English artist, best known for his paintings for science fiction and book covers from the 1950s through to the 1980s. He also produced many film posters and illustrations for roleplaying games. He was well known for including a huge number of specific details from a book in his cover painting, though often not in the context in which they appear in the narrative - and sometimes with some fairly extreme artistic license.

Kirby was the primary cover artist for most of Pratchett's novels, including the [[Discworld Books]], until his death in 2001, when [[Paul Kidby]] took over.

== Books (as cover artist) ==
Kirby began painting covers for the [[Discworld]] series with the paperback edition of {{COM}}, and continued to paint covers for all of Pratchett's adult novels up until {{TOT}} in 2001, including new covers for his pre-Discworld books, as well as covers for . He also collaborated with Pratchett on the illustrated novella {{E}}, originally published as a large-format art book, and illustrations for several of Pratchett's short stories, some of which were used as covers for anthologies in which they appeared, in English and other languages. Many of these appear in the collection {{BS}}.

=== Discworld ===
* {{COM}}
* {{TLF}}
* {{ER}}
* {{M}}
* {{S}}
* {{P}}
* {{WS}}
* {{G!G!}}
* {{E}} (including internal illustrations for the original edition, later reissued as ''The Illustrated Eric'')
* {{SG}}
* {{WA}}
* {{RM}}
* {{MP}}
* {{LL}}
* {{MAA}}
* {{SM}}
* {{IT}}
* {{M!!!}}
* {{FOC}}
* {{H}}
* {{J}}
* {{TLC}}
* {{CJ}}
* {{TFE}}
* {{TT}}
* {{TOT}}

Kirby also appears as a character on the cover of {{NW}} by [[Paul Kidby]]. The original UK cover is a parody of Rembrandt's ''[[wikipedia:The Night Watch|The Night Watch]]'', which includes a character supposed to be a self-portrait. Kidby put Kirby in place of Rembrandt by way of tribute. You can see him right at the back, peeking over the shoulder of a soldier next to Reg Shoe.

=== Other Books ===
* {{TCP}} (1992 revised edition)
* {{ST}} (Corgi paperback)
* {{TDSOTS}} (two different Corgi editions)
* {{T}}
* {{D}}
* {{WI}}

=== Short Stories ===
* {{TOC}}
* {{SALF}}

''More to be added.''

== Podcast episodes ==
We're not aware of any podcast interviews with Josh Kirby. If you know of any - even radio interviews still publicly available - let us know!

== External links ==
* [https://www.joshkirbyart.com/ joshkirbyart.com] - official website
* [[lspace:Josh Kirby|Josh Kirby]] on the L-Space Wiki
* [[wikipedia:Josh Kirby|Josh Kirby]] on Wikipedia

== Footnotes ==
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