Larry Dixon (fantasy artist)

Larry Dixon (born July 28, 1966)[citation needed] is an American fantasy artist and novelist.

[1] In 1992, he married fantasy author Mercedes Lackey; they live in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.

As a birds-of-prey rehabilitation specialist, Dixon, along with Lackey, has returned over four hundred hawks, owls, falcons and corbies into the wild.

[1] Dixon's wildlife rehabilitation led to a minor role in the creation of the digital effects for the giant eagles in the Lord of the Rings movies.

[1] Dixon took digital photographs of a stuffed golden eagle he is currently keeping for its owner, a local tribal elder.