Duane Stapp

Duane Stapp – Designer

I am a graphic designer with extensive experience in both book cover and book interior design, attuned to the needs of an author.

Overview

I have over two decades of experience in book and magazine publishing, both as Art Director and Design Production Manager. My typographic skills were honed with years of work at Martha Stewart Omnimedia, perfecting type in magazines and books. I was Art Director at two publishing companies, Walker & Company, and Facts On File. My house is full of books and I am married to an editor. I am also an exhibiting fine artist and have written art criticism.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Fiction
Thriller & Suspense
Languages
English

Work experience

Martha Stewart Omnimedia

May, 1996 — Jun, 2018 (about 22 years)

Walker and Company

Jan, 1992 — Apr, 1996 (about 4 years)

Facts On File

May, 1981 — Dec, 1991 (over 10 years)

Portfolio

Retired baseball player and private investigator Harvey Blissberg travels from the affluent suburbs of Chicago to the coast of Maine to investigate the murder of a real-estate agent. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Strike Three, You're Dead.
Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International(TM) is Charlene Edge's riveting memoir about the power of words to seduce, betray, and, in her case, eventually save. After a personal tragedy left her bereft, teenaged Charl... read more
The charred steel girders of the World Trade towers, a nuclear explosion, storms and tsunamis, a beautiful woman, an ancient prophecy, and a government that wants to discredit him… Paolo DeLaurentis has the prophetic gift of Nostradamus and is haunted by visio... read more
Part mah jongg manual/part memoir, "Searching for Bubbe Fischer" tells the story of a novice player's quest for the ultimate mentor. Author Karen Gooen hoped that, by meeting the mythical Bubbe Fischer and learning all of her tricks, she might become a better ... read more
Why a unicycle? Why a cross-country trip? Why leave a prominent New York magazine and return to the simple life in Kentucky?Reminiscent of classic literary travelogues, Mark Schimmoeller’s Slowspoke: A Unicyclist’s Guide to America takes readers on an inward, ... read more

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