Kari Brownlie

Kari Brownlie – Designer

I am an experienced book cover designer. My work covers a wide range of fiction and non fiction genres, using illustration and photography.

Overview

I am an experienced Graphic Designer specialising in book design. I have over twenty years experience of working in publishing. I have worked in-house for Bloomsbury, Simon and Schuster and Oxford University Press.


My freelance clients include Atlantic, Legend Press, Berlin, Head of Zeus, Honno, Aderyn, Fly on the Wall, RedDoor Press, Canongate, Harper Collins, Birlinn, Orion and Hay House. My work covers a wide variety of fiction and non fiction genres.


When beginning a project I will read the manuscript if possible and discuss with the client. I work in both photographic and illustrative styles depending on what suits the brief. I am experienced in working with Amazon and IngramSpark and at the end of a project I will deliver quality files for printing or ebooks.


My services include:

- illustrations

- photo collage

- paperback cover including front, back and spine

- hardback cover including front, back, spine and dust jacket

- ebook cover

- audiobook cover

- 3D book cover mockup

Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Home & Garden Psychology
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery & Crime Women's Fiction
Languages
English

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2010 — Present

Bloomsbury Publishing

Jan, 2007 — Oct, 2010 (over 3 years)

Simon and Schuster

Feb, 2004 — Jan, 2007 (almost 3 years)

Portfolio

The Interpreter from Java

Birney, Alfred

Cover Design
Seventies

Howard Sounes

Cover Design
Mesmerised

Shine, Michelle

Cover Design
Made with Reedsy
The Chameleon Killer Mystery (SeeMS Detective Agency Book 4)

Cheyne, Gina

Made with Reedsy
The Mystery of the Homeless Man (SeeMS Detective Agency Book 3)

Cheyne, Gina

Cover Design
THIS THING OF DARKNESS

Nicola Edwards

Cover Design
Made with Reedsy
Resurrecting Jack

Laine, Tua

Cover Design
Made with Reedsy
Take the Plunge

Carew, Susan

Cover Design
Made with Reedsy
The Completists

Wilde, Sarah

Cover Design
Made with Reedsy
A Leaf in a Small Town

Yin, Hana

Cover Design
Made with Reedsy
When We Were Mothers: A Dystopian Novel

Kadilak, Nicci

Cover Design
The Unmaking of Ellie Rook

Sandra Ireland

Cover Design
Poster Boy

NJ Crosskey

Cover Design
The Bureau of Second Chances

Sheena Kalayil

After more than thirty years in London, recently widowed Thomas Imbalil returns to India. He spends his first months in uncluttered isolation in his house overlooking the Arabian Sea, in a sma... read more
Cover Design
The Inheritance

Sheena Kalayil

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Cover Design
The Boy with Blue Trousers

Carol Jones

Cover Design
Skin

Liam Brown

A strange virus is sweeping the globe. Humans have become allergic to one another. Simply standing next to somebody could be a death sentence. A kiss could be fatal.Angela is a woman trying to... read more
Cover Design
Burnt Shadows

Kamila Shamsie

In a prison cell in the US, a man stands trembling, naked, fearfully waiting to be shipped to Guantanamo Bay. How did it come to this? he wonders. August 9th, 1945, Nagasaki., Hiroko Tanaka st... read more
Cover Design
The Hidden Horticulturalists

Fiona Davison

In 2012 whilst working at the Royal Horticultural Society's library, Fiona Davison unearthed a collection of handwritten letters that dated back to 1822. The letters, each carefully set out in... read more
Cover Design

Kari has 26 reviews

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Andy N.

Andy N.

Apr, 2024

As everyone knows, your cover will make or break your book - so I was extremely happy to work with Kari, on my first historical novel, The Trail of Blood. She is very easy to deal with and explained the process/technical aspects, which can be daunting if you've not gone through it before. In my case, she came back really quickly with half-a-dozen or so concepts, all on brief and with potential ...
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Maggie R.

Maggie R.

Mar, 2024

Kari is a highly skilled artist and I cannot wait to work with her again for my next book. Her work is fantastic and I knew as soon as I saw her sample work that I wanted her to design my book cover!
Susan V.

Susan V.

Mar, 2024

This is the second time I've worked with Kari. I had so many compliments for the cover of my first book, it was a no-brainer to go back to her again. Her creative abilities are impressive and I love the covers she has designed for me. She is happy to tweak designs until they are just what you want. I am still fairly new at being an indie author and Kari is very patient with all my questions an...
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Kylie W.

Kylie W.

Mar, 2024

Kari designed the most beautiful cover for my debut novel. She sent me so many designs and worked with me to tailor it to fit the story perfectly. I love that she reads the manuscript to get ideas. It makes the cover feel so much more personal to the characters and their story. The designs she created were beyond anything I could have expected. They were stunning. Hope to work with her again in...
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Scott S.

Scott S.

Jan, 2024

This is the fourth cover Kari has created for me. They have all been outstanding work, including that all the dimensions fit the needs for Kindle, Audible, She follows suggestions I send, even though some of my suggestions are poor and don't result in usable material.

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