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Annemieke

Annemieke

Seattle, WA, United States

Hi! I'm a cover designer with 10 years of experience, specializing in YA fiction. Clients include HarperCollins and Galison/Mudpuppy.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Architecture, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Design, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement

Adly

Adly

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Designer and Illustrator. I design literary fiction, pop-sci, and current affair books. I have worked at Penguin, FSG, and Melville House.


Work experience:

  • Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Penguin Press
  • Melville House
  • Self-employed
  • Icrave

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Technology, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Music, Philosophy

Samantha

Samantha

California, United States

Children's Illustrator and designer specialized in colorful, whimsical illustrations with experience from Disney.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Jam City
  • RockYou Inc.
  • Walt Disney Interactive

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Book Interior Design

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

Daniel

Daniel

New York, United States

Lifelong lover of books with decades of experience in packaging books seeks new opportunities working directly with authors, near and far.


Work experience:

  • Daniel Rembert Design

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Anthologies, Classics, Entertainment, Mystery & Crime, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Thriller & Suspense

Lesley

Lesley

White Plains, NY, United States

Creative art director and book cover designer specializing in commercial woman's fiction, young adult, and romance.


Work experience:

  • Penguin Random House (Formally Penguin Group USA)
  • Penguin Group USA
  • St. Martin's Press
  • Tor Publishing Group

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, African American Fiction, Anthologies, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense

Mitch

Mitch

Portland, United States

Portland, Oregon based illustrator, 23 freelance years, offering woodcut, flat graphic, hippie vector, and retro poster styles.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Nature, Non-Fiction, Travel, Action & Adventure, Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic, Transportation, Sports & Outdoors

Judith

Judith

Chicago, IL, United States

Lettering artist and illustrator for 25 years. Bold, clean, graphic style—bright color palettes—contemporary look.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Design, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Themes & Motifs, Plays & Screenplays

Karen

Karen

New York, United States

Hello! I'm an award-winning illustrator and Grammy® nominated designer with 20+ years in the publishing, arts and entertainment worlds.


Work experience:

  • Greenberg Kingsley/NYC
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Women's Fiction, Children's

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