Brom

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born

March 03, 1965 in Albany, Georgia, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.bromart.com/

genre

Arts & Photography, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

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Gerald Brom is an American gothic fantasy artist and illustrator. Brought up as a military dependent he was known by his last name only, and now signs his name as simply Brom.

An Army brat, Brom spent his entire youth on the move and unabashedly blames living in such places as Japan, Hawaii, Germany, and Alabama for all his afflictions. From his earliest memories he has been obsessed with the creation of the weird, the monstrous, and the beautiful.

At the age of twenty, Brom started working full-time as a commercial illustrator. Since that time he has been working feverishly for every facet of the genre, from novels (Michael Moorcock, Terry Brooks, R.A.Salvatore, E.R. Burroughs), Role-playing (TSR, White Wolf, WOTC), comics (DC, Chaos, Dark H...more

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Books by Brom

Average rating: 4.17 · 3,366 ratings · 670 reviews · 19 distinct works

	The Child Thief 4.14 avg rating — 2,168 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Plucker: An Illustrated Novel by Brom by Brom, Gerald Brom 4.32 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Darkwerks: The Art of Brom 4.20 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Devil's Rose by Brom, Gerald Brom 4.00 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Offerings 4.48 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom, Gerald Brom 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	Gothic Art Now by Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Brom (Foreword) 3.74 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Swallow Book, Volume One: It's about Pcitures: Number Four by Jeremy Geddes (Featuring), Brom, Toby Cypress 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Will and the Way: Psionicsts of Athas; Dark Sun Accessory; Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Sun Accessory by L. Richard Baker, III, Brom 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Madness in Freeport by William Simoni, Brom 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Brom

“Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.”
― Brom, The Child Thief

tags: demons , fear , see

46 people liked it

“If you don't learn to laugh at life it'll surely kill you, that I know.”
― Brom, The Child Thief

tags: laugh , life

36 people liked it

“Don't let them win. Don't let them beat you. Don't let them steal your magic.”
― Brom, The Child Thief

tags: don-t-let-them , peter

35 people liked it

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Polls

MAY FANTASY: This poll decides which 2 books will move on to the run-off poll for our May Fantasy Book of the Month

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

24 votes, 22.9%

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

15 votes, 14.3%

Vellum by Hal Duncan

14 votes, 13.3%

Little, Big by John Crowley

14 votes, 13.3%

Fortress in the Eye of Time by C.J. Cherryh

11 votes, 10.5%

The Etched City by K.J. Bishop

9 votes, 8.6%

The Child Thief by Brom

7 votes, 6.7%

Deerskin by Robin McKinley

6 votes, 5.7%

Son of Avonar by Carol Berg

3 votes, 2.9%

Transformation by Carol Berg

2 votes, 1.9%

105 total votes

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