Roger Coleman biography

Roger Coleman (1930 - 1 June 2025)

An accomplished British book cover artist, Roger Coleman illustrated many Corgi, Pan and Ballantine paperback covers during the 1960s & 1970s. His art is particularly atmospheric. He reputedly became reclusive in his later years and not much more is known about him.

His cover work includes
Warbonnet Creek (EE Halleran, Corgi, 1962)
The Man with the Golden Gun (Ian Fleming, Reader's Digest, 1966)
The Valley of Hanoi (Irwin R Blacker, Corgi, 1968)
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute, Pan, 1974)
The Legacy (Nevil Shute, Ballantine, 1973)
Most Secret (Nevil Shute, Pan & Ballantine, 1973)
Pied Piper (Nevil Shute, Pan & Ballantine, 1973)
Trustee from the Toolroom (Nevil Shute, Ballantine, 1972)
The Rainbow and the Rose (Nevil Shute, Ballantine, 1972)
Ruined City (Nevil Shute, Pan, 1974)
Landfall (Nevil Shute, Ballantine, 1972)
Pastoral (Nevil Shute, Pan, 1974)

The Shootist (British film quad poster, 1976)

Roger passed away on 1st June 2025 close to Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK.
Source: Illustration Art Gallery

See ROGER COLEMAN ART.