Tim White (4 April 1952 – 6 April 2020) was a British painter, best known for his science fiction and fantasy book covers, record covers and magazine illustrations.^[1][2] He also designed jewellery to complement some of his paintings.

Born in Erith, Kent, White studied at the Medway College of Art between 1968 and 1972.^[2] Following this, he spent two years working for various advertising studios, until he received his first book cover commission in 1974, for Arthur C Clarke's The Other Side of the Sky.^[2] He later provided covers for authors including Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Herbert, August Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft, Piers Anthony and Bruce Sterling.^[3] He died on 6 April 2020.^[4]

In A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, Robert Weinberg says, "White combines superlative detail with a largely figurative approach to his work and creates a totally realistic image of his landscape of the imagination."^[2] The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction says, "White has been celebrated as a representative of a new school of super-realists that began shaping British [science fiction] art in the mid-1970s",^[1] but notes that he has been "relatively inactive since the year 2000".

• The Science Fiction and Fantasy World of Tim White (1981)
• Mouches (1983)
• Chiaroscuro (1988)
• Mirror of Dreams (1994)

• Tim White at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Tim White at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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