Edward Bettison - Designer
Graphic Design professional specialising in cover design and illustration.
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Overview
With over 20 years experience working in the publishing industry, my aim is to get the the core of the brief and to deliver a cover that strikes the right chord with both the author and reader. I work in a range of styles and have the ability to work with both very 'open' briefs where ideas are key. My previous position was with Penguin Books UK as Deputy Art Director.
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Languages
English
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Business & Management
Nature
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Thriller & Suspense
Awards
- Beautiful Book Award Nominee 2019
Work experience
Art Director
Self-employed
April, 2004
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Present
(almost 19 years)
Running a creative consultancy specialising in Illustration, art direction, branding and advertising solutions for a broad range of companies in the UK, Europe and the US.
Deputy Art Director
Penguin Books UK
April, 2000
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April, 2004
(about 4 years)
Designing book jackets, commissioning and art directing photo shoots.
Commissioning and art directing outside designers and illustrators.
Senior Designer
Warner Music
April, 1997
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April, 2000
(about 3 years)
Designing record and CD sleeves, ad’s, point of sale and merchandising. Taking projects from initial concepts through to print. Working directly with bands, photographers, illustrators, printers, and label managers.
Writing and compiling treatments and concepts for photoshoots. Working on projects internationally for bands such as REM, Citizen King, Green Day and Madonna. Liaising directly with our American Burbank Office. Commissioning photographers and Illustrators, working with stylists, setting up and art directing shoots. Sourcing locations. Creating visuals, illustrations and typeface’s. Designing corporate ads to extremely tight deadlines. Purchasing stock photography. Keeping the studio up to date with software fonts and equipment.
Portfolio (44 selected works)
Author: Will HermesHardbackPublication Date: 27/03/2014Pre-order your copy now and we will supply your order as soon as stock is availableLove Goes to Buildings on Fire by Will Hermes - Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever. "A must-read for any music fan". (Boston Globe). Between 1974 and 1978 virtually all forms of music were being recreated in New York City: disco and salsa, the... read more
Saint Death: shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Media 2018
Marcus Sedgwick
A potent, powerful and timely thriller about migrants, drug lords and gang warfare set on the US/Mexican border by PRINTZ MEDAL winning and CARNEGIE MEDAL, COSTA BOOK AWARD and GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE shortlisted novelist, Marcus Sedgwick. Anapra is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Juarez - twenty metres outside town lies a fence, and beyond it, America - the ... read more
Birdy Flynn
Helen Donohoe
The Shadows of Rookhaven
Pádraig Kenny
Pádraig Kenny's The Shadows of Rookhaven is a story about family and forgiveness, the sequel to The Monsters of Rookhaven.Shadows are gathering over Rookhaven.It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and monsters descend on Rookhaven from all over the country to take part. But amid the guests there is an interloper. One who is disguised and has an eye ... read more
The Monsters of Rookhaven
Pádraig Kenny
Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2022Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for October 2021Winner of the Honour Award for Fiction, KPMG Irish Children's Book Awards 2021'A magnificent, shadowy, gothic adventure full of heart' – Emma Carroll, author of Frost Hollow Hall.A thought-provoking, chilling and beautifully written novel, Pádraig Kenny's The Monsters of Rookhhaven, stunningly i... read more
Small Pleasures
Clare Chambers
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021'A WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT' Evening Standard 'A very fine book... It's witty and sharp and reads like something by Barbara Pym or Anita Brookner, without ever feeling like a pastiche'David Nicholls'Perfect'India Knight 'Beautiful' Jessie Burton'Wonderful'Richard Osman 'Miraculous'Tracy Chevalier 'A wonderful novel. I loved it'Nina Stibbe 'Effortless t... read more
Blackstone Fell
Martin Edwards
Rachel Savernake investigates a bizarre locked-room puzzle in this delicious Gothic mystery from the winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger.1930. Nell Fagan is a journalist on the trail of a intriguing and bizarre mystery: in 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in a remote Yorkshire village, and 300 years later, it happened again. Nell confides in the best sleuth she knows, judge's daughter... read more
What Every Child Needs To Know
Toby Young, Bondy, Caroline Bondy
What Every Parent Needs to Know is the bestselling, step-by-step guide to the new primary school curriculum from Toby Young and Miranda Bondy. What is your child learning each day in school? How can you tell if they are doing well or badly? And what can you do to help? This practical, detailed and user-friendly manual contains absolutely everything you need to know about primary schooling and ... read more
Not Forgetting the Whale
John Ironmonger
When a young man washes up, naked, on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the schoolteacher, to the beachcomber and the owner of the local bar, the priest's wife and the romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. But what the villagers don't know is that Joe Haak has fled the City of London fearing a ... read more
The Incorruptibles
John Hornor Jacobs
In the gritty fantasy world of the Empire, life on the edges is hard—and the men must be harder in order to survive In the contested and unexplored territories at the edge of the Empire, a boat is making its laborious way up stream. Riding along the banks are the mercenaries hired to protect it—from raiders, bandits, and, most of all, the stretchers, elf-like natives who kill any intruders int... read more
Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick
Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar even when you've never been there before, or felt that you've known someone even though you are meeting them for the first time? In a novel comprising seven short stories each of them influenced by a moon - flower moon, harvest moon, hunter's moon, blood moon - and travelling from 2073 b... read more
Success, Your Way: Do What You're Meant to Do
G. Richard Shell
Wharton business school professor, G. Richard Shell, teaches you how to define your success personally in Success, Your Way. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life". (Steve Jobs). Everyone knows that you are supposed to 'follow your dream'. But where is the map to help you discover that dream? In Success, Your Way, award-winning author and Wharton School professor ... read more
When Disney shutdown production on Toy Story, how did Pixar save it? What turned sworn rivals into a winning Ryder Cup team? Why is the Stones' longevity down to Mick and Keith's rivalry? These are stories behind the world's greatest superteams. In seven fascinating case studies, Khoi Tu investigates why it is that some teams excel, endure, and overcome insuperable odds. He reveals how they de... read more
The Death's Head Chess Club
John Donoghue
SS Obersturmführer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz from the Russian front. After being badly wounded he is fit only for administrative duty and his first and most pressing task is to improve flagging camp morale. He sets up a chess club which thrives, as the officers and enlisted men are allowed to gamble on the results of the games. However, when Meissner learns from a chance remark that c... read more
The Killings at Badger's Drift: A Midsomer Murders Mystery 1
Caroline Graham
'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday TimesNamed by the CWAs as one of 'The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time', The Killings at Badger's Drift is the first spectacular novel in the Midsomer Murders series by Caroline Graham, the novel that inspired the ITV hit drama, now featuring an exclusive foreword by John Nettles who played best-loved TV detective and star of ... read more
Death of a Hollow Man: A Midsomer Murders Mystery 2
Caroline Graham
'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday TimesDiscover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions.Death of a Hollow Man is the second instalment in the Midsomer Murders series, featuring Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby with an audience of 10.34 million. Featuring an exclusive foreword by John Nettles, ITV's DCI Tom Barn... read more
Death in Disguise: A Midsomer Murders Mystery 3
Caroline Graham
'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday TimesDiscover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions. Featuring Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby and created by Caroline Graham, Death in Disguise is the third Midsomer Murders mystery, now featuring an exclusive foreword by John Nettles, ITV's DCI Tom Barnaby. Perfect for fan... read more
Written in Blood: A Midsomer Murders Mystery 4
Caroline Graham
'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday TimesDiscover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions.The fourth novel in the Midsomer Murders series by award-winning writer Caroline Graham, Written in Blood, stars Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. Features an exclusive foreword by John Nettles, ITV's DCI Tom Barnaby. If you... read more
Faithful unto Death: A Midsomer Murders Mystery 5
Caroline Graham
'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday TimesDiscover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions. The compelling fifth novel in the Midsomer Murders series by Caroline Graham, starring Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. Features an exclusive foreword by John Nettles. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Ann Granger and J... read more
A Place of Safety: A Midsomer Murders Mystery 6
Caroline Graham
'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday TimesDiscover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions.A Place of Safety by prize-winning writer Caroline Graham is the sixth Midsomer Murders novel starring much-loved Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. Featuring an exclusive foreword by John Nettles, ITV's DCI Tom Barnaby. Perf... read more
A Ghost in the Machine: A Midsomer Murders Mystery 7
Caroline Graham
'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday TimesDiscover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions. A Ghost in the Machine is the captivating seventh novel in the Midsomer Murders series starring Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. Features an exclusive foreword by John Nettles, ITV's DCI Tom Barnaby. If you love Agatha Chr... read more
Edinburgh Twilight (Ian Hamilton Mysteries Book 1)
Carole Lawrence
As a new century approaches, Edinburgh is a city divided. The wealthy residents of New Town live in comfort, while Old Town’s cobblestone streets are clotted with criminals, prostitution, and poverty.Detective Inspector Ian Hamilton is no stranger to Edinburgh’s darkest crimes. Scarred by the mysterious fire that killed his parents, he faces his toughest case yet when a young man is found stra... read more
The Winter Over
Matthew Iden
Each winter the crew at the Shackleton South Pole Research Facility faces nine months of isolation, round-the-clock darkness, and one of the most extreme climates on the planet. For thirty-something mechanical engineer Cass Jennings, Antarctica offers an opportunity to finally escape the guilt of her troubled past and to rebuild her life.But the death of a colleague triggers a series of myster... read more
Goodnight, Boy
Nikki Sheehan
A tale of two very different worlds, both shattered by the loss of loved ones. Tragic, comic and full of hope, thanks to a dog called Boy. The kennel has been JC’s home ever since his new adoptive father locked him inside. For hours on end, JC sits and tells his dog Boy how he came to this country: his family; the orphanage and the Haitian earthquake that swept everything away.When his adoptiv... read more
Birdy Flynn
Helen Donohoe
Birdy is a complex, compelling creation by an author who has a wonderful feel for the untidiness of life ― for its haphazard kindnesses, its casual cruelties, its sometimes baffling conventions and codes. A terrific debut. ―Sarah Waters, award-winning author of The Paying Guest Birdy Flynn carries secrets. There is the secret of Birdy’s dead grandmother’s cat. How the boys tortured it and Bird... read more
Learn how to make real, lasting changes in your lifeWe all have bad habits - whether it's a weakness for junk food, a smartphone addiction or a lack of exercise. But change is hard. Forty percent of dieters quit within a week. Eighty percent of New Year's resolutions don't last beyond January. How can we kick bad habits - and stick with it?According to psychologist and behaviour researcher Dr ... read more
The Stranger Inside
Jennifer Jaynes
In this tautly crafted tale of psychological suspense, a recently widowed mother resorts to the unthinkable to protect her shattered family. But does she go too far?After mystery author Diane Christie loses her husband to suicide, she and her son move to the small coastal town of Fog Harbor, Massachusetts. Her daughter is attending college nearby, and Diane hopes that her family can now begin ... read more
When Elmore Leonard died in 2013, he left behind a 60-year legacy of crime novels, many of which have become modern classics. He also left behind a treasure trove of unpublished early stories. Largely written during his years as a copywriter at a Detroit advertising agency, these stories find Leonard exploring far-flung locations, from the bars of small-town New Mexico to a military base in Ku... read more
"Quin's prose never falters; it's stunning." —The Paris ReviewThis new collection of rare and unpublished writing by the cult 1960s author explores the risks and seductions of going over the edge. The stories cut an alternative path across innovative twentieth-century writing, bridging the world of Virginia Woolf and Anna Kavan with that of Kathy Acker and Chris Kraus.Ann Quin (b. 1936, Bright... read more
The Librarian
Salley Vickers
The Foreshadowing
Marcus Sedgwick
Foreshadowing
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
The classic, PULITZER PRIZE-winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name.Set in the deep American South between the wars, THE COLOR PURPLE is the classic tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie and is trapped into an ugly ma... read more
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies
Rick Edwards, Michael Brooks
We're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening and hearing. But we can make hidden things visible, and this book features 23 spellbinding ways to bring the magic of nature much closer to home.Mammals you never knew existed will enter your world. Birds hidden in treetops will shed their cloak of an... read more
Pour Me: A Life
A.A. Gill
A gripping mystery with a classic feel: And Then There Were None meets The Silent Companions.Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons who w... read more
'A nimble and uncanny performance, brimming with Lethem's trademark verve and wit' Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground RailroadPhoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She's looking for her friend's missing daughter, Arabella, and hires Heist to help. A laconic loner who keeps his pet opossum in a desk drawe... read more
Histories of the Unexpected: How Everything Has a History
Sam Willis, James Daybell
'History as you've never seen it before.' Dan SnowIn this fascinating and original new book, Sam Willis and James Daybell lead us on a journey of discovery that tackles some of the greatest historical themes - from the Tudors to the Second World War, from the Roman Empire to the Victorians - but via entirely unexpected subjects.You will find out here how the history of the beard is connected t... read more
Mortmain Hall
Martin Edwards
A superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020 ENGLAND, 1930. Grieving widows are a familiar sight on London's Necropolis Railway. So when an elegant young woman in a black veil boards the funeral train, nobody guesses her true purpose.But Rachel Savernake is not one of the mourners. She hopes to save a life – the life of a man who is supposed to be ... read more
Witch
Finbar Hawkins
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD NOMINATED FOR THE 2022 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL Set in the 17th century, a breathtaking debut, and a potential prize-winner, about the power of women, witchcraft, fury, revenge and the ties that bind us. After witnessing the brutal murder of her mother by witch-hunters, Evey vows to avenge her and track down the killers. Fury burns in her bright and strong.... read more
Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great
Dominic Sandbrook
Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true 'His mind was clear. It was time to go east. Time to march into Asia, to confront the Persians and to meet his destiny...'Alexander has one, wild dream: to rule the world. And with his childhood friends and his beloved horse Bucephalas, he sets out from his home in Anc... read more
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Thanks Ed for the astonishing book cover. It exceeds by far my expectations.
Edward is a natural talent in arts. Not only he is a great designer but he is also endowed by creativity and intuition. You don’t need to give him any guidelines as to how you would like your book’s cover to look like. He does everything for you. He grasps the best suitable concept that reflects the content of it and...
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Haris Dimitriadis Dimitiadsi, September 2017
Excellent guy to work with. Before he did anything, Ed bought and read my book so that he had a clear idea of the tone and atmosphere of the story. This reflected incredibly well in his initial designs, which I would have easily used as they were. He's obviously passionate about what he does, because they just got better and better. Definitely would love to work with Ed again and recommend him ...
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Adrian Walker, September 2017
Fantastic! From Ed's first message, which was full of enthusiasm for the project, to the end result, the whole process has been a joy. And the end result (proof arrive today) exceeds my wildest dreams. Thanks Ed!
Finian Black, June 2017
I decided to go with Edward for my cover design despite being slightly more expensive than his competitors, as I was impressed by the quality and breadth of his portfolio. I am pleased to say that my instincts were absolutely right. He has brought loads of ideas and enthusiasm to help shape my initial thoughts for my cover; he then came up with an interesting range of initial concepts - and the...
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Steve Foote, February 2017
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