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Larry is a native Kentuckian; after some moving around, he now resides with his wife Betty, daughter Jennifer and son Jeremy in his hometown of Leitchfield, Kentucky. In 1971, Larry received his BFA degree from Western Kentucky University, was drafted into the Army, and was married -- all within four months' time.

After the Army, Larry began his career in art, working as an illustrator. He was first published in National Lampoon and Heavy Metal. In 1981, he moved to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to become a cover artist for TSR as they began aggressively marketing their then-new line of fantasy role-playing games.

While at TSR, Larry played a key role in developing a completely new look for the products: a look that carried over into the rest of the roleplaying game industry. Because of this, Larry is one of the most widely known artists in this industry. His covers on the Dragonlance series helped put these books on the bestseller lists.

Because Larry and his wife wanted to move back to their hometown in Kentucky, Larry left TSR in the fall of 1987 and started working freelance. Since then, he has worked for a diversity of companies, from computer games to paperback publishers, including Bantam Books, Baen Books, Warner Books, Ace/Berkley, Doubleday, and Del Rey.

He has used a totally different style of art for companies such as LucasFilm, Western Publishing, LJN Toys, Tonka Toys, Mattel, Monogram Models, and Lindberg Models. He has also been published in the comic book industry by DC, First Comics, Eclipse and others.

Larry continued to work in the roleplaying game industry by doing projects for TSR (Dungeons & Dragons), FASA, Mayfair Games, Game Designer's Workshop, White Wolf, Iron Crown Enterprises, Dragon magazine, Amazing magazine, and several game-related products.

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