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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

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

Expert children’s book designer helping authors and publishers create beautiful, print-ready books across all formats.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, ELT, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

I am an illustrator and art director based in London. I love illustrating children's and young adults books!

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Nature, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

I'm a very experienced designer and illustrator of top-selling non-fiction books, on topics that include Psychology, Nature and Wellbeing.

Genres: Agriculture, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Nature, Travel, New Age, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Psychology, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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

Very experienced Designer for projects from initial concepts to print ready files for self publishing on KDP, Ingram Spark, or printers.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Pearson
  • Self-employed

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I am an extremely creative and versatile designer with over 25 years experience designing books from film to food to travel and sports.

Genres: Sports & Outdoors, Non-Fiction, Travel, Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Nature.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Your story, beautifully designed. Print & eBook layout by a trade publishing professional of 15 years – August offer: $600 (reg. $900+)

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Coming of Age, Contemporary Romance, Romance, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

  • Faber & Faber
  • Self-employed
  • Vision Sports Publishing
  • The History Press

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

Award winning art director, designer & publisher. Designing for Game of Thrones, Queen, Harry Potter, The Met New York and many, many more.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Design, LGBTQ Fiction, Fiction, Children's, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Harper Collins Publisher
  • DK
  • Welbeck Publishing Group (now part of the Hachette group)
  • Self-employed
  • Bloomsbury

I bring 13 years of design experience in print and digital, specialising in layout and a strong focus on publishing and editorial design.

Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Antiques & Collectibles, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, and Photography.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • St James’s House Publishing
  • Speakmedia (Design & Communication)
  • Vivays Publishing Ltd
  • Handmade in Britain

Former Art Director at Quarto & Usborne | Recent clients include Penguin, Bonnier & Postwave Publishing | Specialist in book design & layout

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

Work experience:

  • Quarto
  • Usborne Publishing
  • Self-employed

For picture books I offer full service including illustrating and cover/interior design. I provide a ready to print PDF as a final product.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Short Story.

Work experience:

  • Intellservice (printhouse, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
  • Leo Burnett International Advertising agency, Kazakhstan division
  • Self-employed

Book designer based in London. Over twenty years experience in book design working with leading publishing houses and self published authors

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Entertainment, Nature, Writing & Publishing, Sports & Outdoors, and Photography.

Work experience:

  • DW DESIGN
  • TOWN GROUP
  • Self-employed

Freelance book designer specialising in non-fiction covers and layouts (lifestyle, cookery, MBS, health & wellbeing).

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Photography, Travel, and New Age.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Hardie Grant London
  • Quadrille
  • Batsford Books
  • Smith Street Books
  • Quarto Publishing PLC

Book designer and illustrator with 7+ yrs in publishing. I specialise in books on art, culture, history, nature, philosophy & mythology.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Children’s Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Education & Reference, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Nature, and Comics Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Dorling Kindersley, London
  • Dorling Kindersley, India
  • Batsford Books

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