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Book designer, typographer and type designer with 12 years experience, specialising in coffee-table art/design/lifestyle books.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Entertainment, Fashion & Textiles, Home & Garden, and Photography.

Work experience:

  • Quarto Publishing
  • Self-employed

Book designer with 10+ years' experience in creating smart, striking, market-ready designs.

Genres: Sex & Relationships, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, New Age, Picture Books, Children's, and Children’s Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Wonderbly
  • Laurence King Publishing
  • Nosy Crow
  • Penguin Random House

Award-winning children’s book designer and art director with over 30 years experience specialising in pictures books.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Templar Books
  • Reed Children's Books

I'm a book cover designer with over 20 years experience. I specialise in commercial thriller, crime, sci-fi and historical fiction covers.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sports & Outdoors, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Headline Publishing
  • Simon and Schuster
  • Harper Collins

A Japanese illustrator currently based in London, UK Speciality: Illustration for Landscape, Architecture, Cities

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Holiday, Fiction, Calendars, DIY & Crafts, Coming of Age, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, and Architecture.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Illustrator specialising in ink & watercolour for fiction and non-fiction. Over 15yrs experience, clients include Murdoch, Octopus Books

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Home & Garden, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Portico Designs Ltd

Vanessa 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

🟡 Experienced book designer available for book cover and interior book design/typesetting. 🟡

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Poetry, Thriller & Suspense, Humor & Comedy, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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I'm an experienced editorial designer with established experience who loves designing beautiful art, design and food books.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Design, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Photography, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Hi! My name is Lou, I'm an illustrator who loves creating eye-catching, and fun illustrations that capture the spirit of your story!

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, and Picture Books.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Advertising Agency

Hi, I'm Ed and with 25 years of publishing experience as a designer, illustrator and art director, I'm looking forward to working with you!

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Education & Reference, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Tall Tree Ltd
  • Self-employed
  • Marshall Editions

Award-winning graphic designer, author and artist with 25+ years experience in cover design, layout, typography and illustration.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Design, Photography, Writing & Publishing, Entertainment, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Tate
  • The Guardian
  • AGM
  • APN New Zealand
  • The Independent

Creative designer/Non-fiction Arts, Biography, History, and all fiction. 25+yrs experience.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Photography, Design, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • Nam Aidsmap
  • Self-employed
  • Thames & Hudson

Heather 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Helping you negotiate the complex world of book production, turning your creative vision into a commercial reality.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Harper Collins
  • Penguin Publishing

Hi, I'm Phillip, a graphic designer with an extensive background in editorial and cover design for established and independent publishers.

Genres: Anthologies, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Design, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Art.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Conde Nast
  • Self Employed

Alison 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

A Designer and Art Director with over 30 years experience in Music and Publishing.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Home & Garden, Music, Entertainment, Middle Grade, Design, Photography, and Architecture.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Carlton Publishing Group

Internal book designer with nearly 30 years experience. Beautiful and classical designs across all genres.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Orion Publishing Group
  • Macmillan Publishers
  • Self-employed

Designing books since 2018, working across commercial fiction, literary fiction and non-fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Penguin Random House

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