Danna Mathias Steele - Designer
Cover/interior designer with 10+ years experience. Worked for Amazon.com and small publishers. A passion for beautiful, simplistic books.
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Overview
With over a decade of experience in the professional publishing industry, I’m a firm believer that you should always judge a book by it’s cover. I’m passionate about well-executed, thoughtful design and aim to bring that understanding to every book I help create.
With degrees in both graphic design and English literature, I've curated a distinct skill set when it comes to visually communicating a book's themes and tones. I can't wait to help you bring your project to life!
With degrees in both graphic design and English literature, I've curated a distinct skill set when it comes to visually communicating a book's themes and tones. I can't wait to help you bring your project to life!
Services
Languages
English
Non-Fiction
Art
Biographies & Memoirs
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Poetry
Women's Fiction
Work experience
Owner & Principal Designer
Self-employed
January, 2017
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Present
(almost 6 years)
Book covers, typesetting, branding/logos and wedding invitation design.
Design Specialist
Amazon.com
January, 2011
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January, 2017
(about 6 years)
Develop and manage creative direction for top-selling authors and public figures entering the publishing industry. Create strong publication series identities in house, including interior layout design and typesetting, production design, cover concept development, and print file creation.
Portfolio (19 selected works)
The Pomegranate
Schwaidelson, S. J.
Immigrant Secrets: The Search for My Grandparents
Mancini, John Francis
Beebe and Bostelmann: a historical novel
POLITSCH, KENT
Salt the Snow
Callaghan, Carrie
The Second: A Memoir of Love and Commitment
Durda, Colleen Burns
Little Things: A Novel
Fillion, Amy
The Flowing Sand
Jon Garcia
Marc Caldwell is a decorated veteran detective for the Briscoe, Texas, Police Department. He has seen his fair share of crime through his time of service, but when local teen Mercedes Vargas goes missing, Detective Caldwell and his partner, Shawn Peterson, are in a cat-and-mouse game with the kidnapper, who wears a scarecrow mask to hide his identity. After threats and warnings from the kidnap... read more
Revival on King Street: Book #1 Lowcountry Liaisons
Suzie Webster
Charlie Finley had an idyllic life. At 23 years old, she was married to her childhood sweetheart, was a successful real estate agent and lived in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. Some days she wondered if she should pinch herself because it was such a dream. But sometimes when things seem too good to be true, they often are, and Charlie's perfect life came crashing down around... read more
Sunshine in the Delta: A Novel
Erica M. Sandifer
From author Erica Sandifer comes Sunshine in the Delta, a tale of life and love and everything in between, set in the Mississippi Delta during the early 1960s. Money, Mississippi, just beyond the Tallahatchie River, the town is a vast, flat land with fields of corn and cotton, split in half by the long and dusty Money Road. Right alongside the road in an old shack, lives Miss Neeyla Jean, alon... read more
Broken and Breaking Free
Amy Fillion
Is it possible to transcend the boundaries of the life you were born into, and if so, what will you sacrifice?Susan Dubois is the youngest member of a poor French-Canadian Catholic family residing in a small and uniform central New Hampshire town in the 1950s. From a young age, this God of her parents’ fills her with extreme trepidation. Susan has been taught that, as a child, it is your duty ... read more
The King of Kreskin Avenue
A.K. Vitberg
The King of Kreskin Avenue is the powerful tale of the connection between Mario Colucci, a highly decorated, emotionally scarred Korean War hero who’s the neighborhood oddity, and a sixteen-year-old neighborhood kid, Robbie Shumstein, trying to come to grips with the death of his brother in Vietnam.Set in Buffalo, NY over a 30-year time frame, the story’s dramatic climax occurs in the late 196... read more
HARBOR BLUES a novella
Cheryl Devenney
A decades old cold murder case. A fed-up LAPD cop's wife. A fresh homicide. All collide amid a sea of blackmail and murder.A 24 year-old unsolved murder case re-surfaces when Melanie, wife of the next chief of the L.A. Police Department, inherits her estranged father's seaside bar. She swore she'd never set foot in the place again after moving out. But decides to re-open the bar, hoping to rec... read more
The Devil's Workshop
Miller, Donnally
Danna Mathias has 116 reviews
Professionalism
Professionalism
Quality
Quality
Value
Value
Communication & Punctuality
Communication & Punctuality
Once again, Danna came through. I wanted to make some updates to the original Cover and interior files, adding reviews, and she delivered on time and beautifully done. Can't thank her enough!
Nicki Ehrlich, September 2022
Danna is simply awesome to work with. She has a unique ability to take a concept and turn it into a cover image. And she does a great job getting my manuscript ready for publication. Can't say enough good things about her work!
Dobie McArthur, August 2022
Hired Danna to help with the interior design of my book... as always, she was great!
John Deal, August 2022
I’m not sure how she did it, but Danna gave me the cover of my dreams on the first try. This was my first experience hiring a designer, and I felt I was taking a chance on someone who does both cover and interior design, (those two things requiring very different skills), but Danna made my debut novel something to be proud of, both inside and out. She went above and beyond, and I hope to work w...
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Nicki Ehrlich, August 2022
I love working with Danna. I look forward to many more projects with her. Of course leaving reviews like this may make it harder to get on her schedule. Anyone who chooses to work with Danna will be very satisfied and glad they did.
Brandon Moore, July 2022
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