David was introduced H P Lovecraft and the world of Arkham House at the age of twelve and has continued collecting the genre to this day. His training and background is in fine art, but recently he has moved into illustration. He has done the covers for seven editions published by Hippocampus Press, and his work will soon appear as interior illustrations in editions by Centipede Press.Currently he is working on a graphic novel that is surreal in nature with a Lovecraftian theme running through it's background. He is married and lives in an art deco period building in Seattle where he hopes to produce artwork from the scriptorium for many more years to come.art website www.davidcverba.com email david@davidcverba.com