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Annemieke

Annemieke 5 star rating

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.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Kristen

Kristen 5 star rating

Nashville, TN, USA

Big 5 publishing Creative Director and Designer with 15+ years experience and award-winning book cover designs.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Inspirational, Parenting & Families, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Hachette Book Group
  • HarperCollins Publishing
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Rebecca

Rebecca 5 star rating

San Diego, CA, USA

I'm a book-obsessed designer and illustrator with a clean style, love of color and fun illustrations.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Classics, Contemporary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Immortal Works
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Julie

Julie 5 star rating

Baltimore, MD, USA

Book designer specializing in covers and typesetting, with a love for typography and clear, thoughtful design.

Genres: Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Religion & Spirituality.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Thomas

Thomas 5 star rating

Boise, ID, USA

Book cover designer and WordPress developer with 18+ years experience creating book jackets both for print and digital.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Parenting & Families, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Mary Ann

Mary Ann 5 star rating

New York, United States

With 20+ yrs experience in fiction, rom-com, wellness and career guides, my clients include Simon and Schuster and PenguinRandomHouse.

Genres: Career Guides, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Penguin Random House
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Olesia

Olesia 5 star rating

New York, NY, USA

Illustrating picture books filled with expressive characters, playful details, and imaginative worlds that children love to revisit.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Coming of Age, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Jasmine

Jasmine 5 star rating

Memphis, TN, USA

Cover/ interior book designer specializing in all sorts of non-fiction: activism, wellness, and everything in between.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Nature, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Design.

Work experience:

  • North Atlantic Books
  • Various
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Wesley

Wesley 5 star rating

Charleston, SC, USA

Designer. Illustrator. Booksmith. Wesley is an experienced book designer specializing in production-ready design for publishers + authors.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Forbes Books
  • Self-employed
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Matthew

Matthew 5 star rating

Columbia, S.C., USA

Award-winning book designer with more than 15 years of experience with a strong focus on entrepreneurship, business, and finance.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellbeing, Inspirational, New Age, Finance & Accounting, Math & Science, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Forbes Books
  • Self-employed
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Ashley

Ashley 5 star rating

Chicago, IL, USA

A book nerd with a decade of experience in solving the puzzle of interior page design. Big time romance, memoir, & weird science reader.

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Romantic Comedy, New Adult, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, True Crime, Dark Romance, and Sex & Relationships.

Work experience:

  • Sourcebooks
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George

George 5 star rating

Charleston, SC, USA

I'm a highly experienced and award-winning book designer and author. I specialize in non-fiction covers and layouts.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Advantage | ForbesBooks
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Heather

Heather 5 star rating

Chicago, IL, USA

Experienced cover designer of adult fiction and non-fiction genres. Let's make your book a best-seller!

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Coming of Age, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Magical Realism, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Sourcebooks
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Stephanie

Stephanie 5 star rating

Marina del Rey, CA, USA

Art director + book designer. My work, "My First Learn-to-Write Workbook," hit #1 bestseller on Amazon. Designed 60+ covers & interiors.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Religion & Spirituality.

Work experience:

  • Callisto Media
  • Self-employed
  • Meredith Corporation
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Mark

Mark 5 star rating

Richmond, VA, USA

26 yrs experience book designer. Religion, politics, psychology, memoir, and fiction. Multiple bestsellers. Trusted by major publishers.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Political Science & Current Affairs, Science Fiction, Business & Management, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Rachel

Rachel 5 star rating

New York, United States

I'm a freelance book interior designer and typesetter with years of experience in the publishing industry.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Fantasy, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Bantam-Dell Publishing Group
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Susan

Susan 5 star rating

Downingtown, PA, USA

I’ve designed covers for 20+ years, with award-winning and bestselling titles in management, leadership, self-help, spirituality in work.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Verve Marketing & Design
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Even if you're writing a self-help book, you probably know that a little professional help is necessary at times. This is especially true of book design. To create a cover that attracters readers, you'll need an eye for aesthetics, technical expertise, and a knowledge of market trends. This requires a lot of skill — but luckily, Reedsy makes that simple.

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