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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

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

Whimsical, feathery and playful illustrator with a traditional flavour. Specialized in children's books, animals and starry skies.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Nature, Poetry, and Middle Grade Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Catherine 5 star rating

Knebworth, United Kingdom

Making books beautifully easy to read. Design + production services from edited script to print-ready + digital files for indie authors.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Parenting & Families, Thriller & Suspense, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

  • Able Publishing
  • Robert Hale Ltd
  • DK
  • 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

Sandra 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

I am book designer with 15 years of experience creating covers and interiors for non-fiction and illustrated books.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Political Science & Current Affairs, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Photography, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Design.

Work experience:

  • McGill-Queens University Press
  • Wilfrid Laurier University Press
  • University of Toronto Press
  • Pearson Canada
  • University of Minnesota Press
  • British Library
  • Princeton University Press
  • Reaktion Books

Andy 5 star rating

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Over 25 years in publishing design, specialising in non-fiction titles. I spent 15 years as a senior designer at Oxford University Press.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sports & Outdoors, History, Law, Economics, Parenting & Families, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • Oxford University Press
  • Meaden Creative

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Experienced illustrator with humorous, quirky, detailed style. Offers illustration, project management, book formatting and cover design.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Psychology, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Experienced text and cover designer with clients including Oxford Dictionaries, The BNF, Thames & Hudson and many fine art and trade books.

Genres: Anthologies, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Architecture, ELT, Education & Reference, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, and Design.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Oxford University Press
  • Motivate Publishing
  • Goodfellow & Egan, Cambridge

15+ years experience, hundreds of books designed! Versatile, friendly book designer. Eye-catching covers and attractive, readable internals.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Travel, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Historical Fiction, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The History Press

Let's collaborate! I work with typography, illustrations and photographs for children’s books, fiction and art and photography titles.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Education & Reference, Photography, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The Curved House / Curved House Kids
  • The Hoxby Collective

Over 25 years designing educational and academic books, poetry and fiction at Weidenfeld, HarperCollins, Oxford University Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, ELT, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

  • Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Oxford University Press
  • Freelance

Andy 5 star rating

Birmingham, UK

I’ve been helping people tell their stories through my art for over 20 years! Let me help you tell yours!

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Comics Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Picture Books, Children’s Non-Fiction, Career Guides, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Lime Media
  • Lunar Animation

James 5 star rating

Chester, United Kingdom

Simple, but fun pencil and pen illustrator. I love middle grade, chapter books, and non-fiction for kids and adults.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Humor & Comedy.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • James Warwood Books

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

I am an experienced, professional book designer, delivering simple but significant solutions designed to give your book maximum impact.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Action & Adventure, Contemporary Fiction, Technothriller, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Grade Design
  • Self-employed

A designer of non-fiction titles, adept at distilling a book into a compelling cover and typesetting the interior for an enjoyable read.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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