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Nick 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

I am a book cover designer with 20 years experience. I have designed everything from thrillers, crime books and illustrated womens fiction.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • HarperCollins

Andy 5 star rating

Brighton, United Kingdom

An illustrator of children's picture books, Young Adult books and book covers. A humorous style with expressive characters.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Humor & Comedy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • Minds eye productions
  • Artworld
  • Climax
  • Beyond Reality Games
  • Self-employed

Jason 5 star rating

Hassocks, United Kingdom

Book jacket design designer with over twenty years experience in the industry.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, and Technology.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Sarah 5 star rating

England, United Kingdom

Specialist children's book illustrator and designer, creating beautiful and engaging books and content.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Pearson Education
  • John Brown Media
  • Redan Publishing

Patrick 5 star rating

Brighton, United Kingdom

With 30 years experience designing covers for the UK's top publishing houses, I also art direct, illustrate and do hand lettering for covers

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller & Suspense, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Historical Mysteries, and Science Fiction.

Edward 5 star rating

Brighton, United Kingdom

Graphic Design professional with over 20 years experience specialising in cover design and illustration.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Nature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Fantasy, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Warner Music
  • Penguin Books UK
  • Self-employed

Louise 5 star rating

England, United Kingdom

Hello, I am an Illustrator living & working in Somerset. My style is honest, inviting & brings the everyday to life.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics, Home & Garden, Weddings, Short Story, and Fashion & Textiles.

Work experience:

  • Ernest Journal - Tina Smith, Jo Keeling
  • Author Andrew Sutton
  • The Hunterian Museum & Glasgow University
  • Curator of 'Museum of memory', Kate McStraw,
  • Tina Smith, Dan Linstead -Immediate Media
  • Pretty Nostalgic
  • Another Escape
  • Upper Hand Press. (William Cass, Author & Ann Starr, Publisher)
  • Marbella Club Hotel & Smokes Creative

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Emma 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

A freelance book cover designer with over 20 years of experience working across a wide variety of imprints at HarperCollins and LittleBrown.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Classics, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Little Brown
  • HarperCollins

I'm a talented designer with a decade of experience in creating beautiful books, from standard paperbacks to luxury collectors editions.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Games Workshop

An award-winning freelance Illustrator with over 8 years of experience creating book covers, album sleeves and artworks for exhibition.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The Big Sky

Artist and Illustrator, I love creating compelling worlds full of natural forms, expressive figures and creatures both real and fantastical

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Comics & Graphic Novels, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Senior designer in publishing with nearly ten years' experience in book jacket design and illustration.

Genres: Romantic Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Poetry, Literary Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Music, and Nature.

Work experience:

  • Birlinn Ltd
  • Freelance

Award winning Latvian illustrator based in London, UK. Specialising in hyperactive, bold, trippy, characterful images.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Fantasy, Entertainment, Fashion & Textiles, Mashups, Music, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Jem 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

I have over 20 years experience in designing bestselling book covers

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Action & Adventure, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Espionage, Thriller & Suspense, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

  • Simon and Schuster
  • Transworld

Versatile illustrator, artist & digital sculptor for all your awesome sci-fi and fantasy art needs.

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Space Opera, Steampunk, Horror, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Freelance

Zoe 5 star rating

Dorchester, UK

Hi, my name is Zoe and I'm a freelance illustrator and designer with a passion for all things children's book related!

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

I'm an ethusiastic artist, illustrator and graphic designer with experience working on children's non-fiction picture books.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Life Sciences, Math & Science, Technology, and Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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Many books just aren’t complete without beautiful illustrations to complement its words. If this is the case for you — and if you don’t have past experience in illustration yourself — then you need to hire a professional book illustrator.

The best book illustrators have spent years in the industry, honing their design skills and sharpening their formatting knowledge. More than that, you need to find the right book illustrator for your book. This means hiring an illustrator who has an illustration style that matches the vision that you have for your book. Roald Dahl’s books wouldn’t have been the same without Quentin Blake, and your book will not be able to unlock its full potential without the proper illustrator.

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