Robert McGinnis (left) was born in 1926 in
Cincinnati,
Ohio and was raised in Wyoming. He studied art at Ohio
State University.
After a brief career in Merchant Marine and advertising,
he apprenticed at Walt Disney Studios.
He then went to work for Dell publishing in
1958 at the peak of paperback boom and never looked back.
His work has appeared in diverse publications such
as Playboy, Argosy, Saturday Evening Post, Time, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal and
Woman’s Home companion.
He has painted over 1400
paperback covers- a stunning achievement. His contributions for the sale of
these pulp novels should not be underestimated. 
Produced at a rate of one a
month, often sold from magazine outlets and petrol stations, candy shops the
attraction of the beautifully rendered female form
to the young teen audience and adult readers must have had a significant impact
on the sales.
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