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Heather
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
Sarah
Chicago, IL, USA
Professional artist and designer specializing in portraiture. Let me bring your stories to life!
Genres: Holiday, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, LGBTQ Fiction, Young Adult, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, and Non-Fiction.
Work experience:
- Self-Employed
WJ
Chicago, IL, USA
Check my work, trust me and I won't let you down. picturebook Illustrator / character designer / general illustrator
Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic, Contemporary Fiction, and Design.
Work experience:
- co.Aniframe
- Self-employed
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Andrea
Chicago, IL, USA
I’m an artist with a knack for illustration, hand lettering and painting. I love creating bold and colorful pieces!
Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Romantic Suspense, Romance, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, True Crime, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
Daimon
Chicago, IL, USA
Daimon is an comic book illustrator and Designer from Chicago who believes in honesty in art and in life.
Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Comics Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, African American Fiction, and Action & Adventure.
Work experience:
- Dc comics
- Chirp RADIO Chicago
- The Microphone Misfitz
- Eddie Klinker
- Shein
- Round table Companies
Kelly
Wilmington, DE, United States
I love how good design can complete a writer's vision and make it engaging. Fantasy, thrillers, historical and fiction really get me going.
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Fantasy, Poetry, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, and New Adult.
Work experience:
- Four Dog Creative
- Delaware Today
- Delaware Bride
- Self-employed
Brianna
New York, United States
I'm a freelance book cover designer and illustrator with nearly a decade of in-house experience at a top publishing house.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Poetry, Historical Fiction, Music, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sports & Outdoors, and Thriller & Suspense.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
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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.
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
Judith
Chicago, IL, United States
Lettering artist and illustrator for 25 years. Bold, clean, graphic style—bright color palettes—contemporary look.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Design, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Themes & Motifs, and Plays & Screenplays.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
Candice
Iowa City, IA, United States
Award-winning fantasy illustrator. 100% hand-made with no generative AI. Providing cover design, typography, marketing assets, and more!
Genres: Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Steampunk, Science Fiction, Gaming & LitRPG, and New Adult.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- Bovard Studio, Inc.
Caroline Teagle
Brooklyn, NY, United States
I am not accepting any new requests to collaborate at this time.
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Entertainment, Mystery & Crime, True Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.
Work experience:
- Penguin Random House
- Random House
- Penguin Publishing Group
- HarperCollins
Lauren
New York, United States
You can, and should, judge a book by it's cover.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, Historical Fiction, Anthologies, Women's Fiction, Short Story, and Photography.
Work experience:
- Little, Brown and Co.
- St. Martin's Press
Mary Ann
New York, United States
With 20+ years 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, and Women's Fiction.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- Penguin Random House
Ashley
Portland, ME, United States
I'm an art director, graphic designer and illustrator that loves book design, typography and the interplay of graphics and text.
Genres: Romance, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Nature, Home & Garden, Middle Grade, Education & Reference, and Middle Grade Fantasy.
Work experience:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Macmillan Children's Books
- Sellers Publishing, Inc.
Michelle
Chicago, IL, USA
Kids designer/illustrator who loves storytelling, fun facts, cute macabre, fantasy, + nature. Let's create rad books—for the kid in us all♥️
Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.
Work experience:
- Sourcebooks
- Self-employed
Hokyoung
New York, United States
I am an illustrator interested in making images with strong moods and narratives.
Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Classics, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Short Story.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
Samantha
California, United States
Children's Illustrator and designer specialized in colorful, whimsical illustrations with experience from Disney.
Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- Jam City
- RockYou Inc.
- Walt Disney Interactive
- Book Buddy Media





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