A child of the 30's, Darrell K. Sweet was born and raised in Highland Park, NJ. A graduate in Art at Syracuse University. He also served in the Army at Fort Dix during the Korean War. His first assignments included covers for Readers Digest and other publishing houses (Ballantine, Bantam, Dell, and Western). He is most noted however for his work with Del Rey, including many covers for such noted authors as Piers Anthony, Isaac Asimov, Stephen Donaldson, and Robert Heinlein. He is also reknowned for contributing many pieces of work for the Tolkien Calendars, including the entire 1982 edition.