Sisters in Crime Fiction

As the (so far) anonymous author of that fine blog, The Stiletto Gumshoe, observes, little is known about the artist sisters Eileen and Barbara Walton. “All I can deduce from dated work,” he or she writes, “is that Eileen Walton began working in advertising and editorial illustration in the mid-1950’s, her sister Barbara in book cover illustration in the late 1950’s, both of them the most prolific throughout the 1960’s, with their intriguingly evolving art seeming to vanish altogether by the late-1970’s. But then, they wouldn’t be the only illustrators who migrated from the rapidly shrinking cover art marketplace around that time, as photography and image-free graphic design swiftly dominated the industry.”

Do yourself a favor today and check out The Stiletto Gumshoe’s recent posts about the talented Walton sisters: here, here, here, here, and here. For more examples of their work, look in Nick Jones’ Existential Ennui blog and Steve Holland’s Bear Alley Books blog.