Overview
For over 20 years in the publishing industry, Kathleen L. has been designing covers and jackets for authors, helping to bring their stories out into the world. She worked as both in-house designer and art director in New York city before opening her own studio on Shelter Island. Specializing in jacket and cover design, but including logos, author branding, and collaborations on interior design, she has designed thousands of covers and won acclaim from AIGA, Print, the New York Book Show and AAUP, and has served as judge for both the NYBS and AAUP shows. Her work combines a love of books, a passion for typography and an eye for the unusual. She is well versed in both book and print production, and image research. Clients include major publishing houses, university presses, independent houses, and many successful self-published authors.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Health & Wellbeing
History
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Mysteries
Poetry
Languages
English
Awards
- AAUP
- The New York Book Show
- Print Regional Design Annual
- Judge for the New York Book Show
Work experience
Self-employed
Oct, 2006 —
Present
Work includes jacket and cover design, collaborations for book interior design, logos and author branding. Clients include (partial list) Algonquin Books, Baker Books, Discovery House, Flatiron Books, Grand Central Publishing, HarperCollins. HayHouse, Johns Hopkins University Press, Little, Brown, Oxford University Press, Penguin Random House, Shambhala Publications, Simon & Schuster, w w norton, Yale university press and numerous self-published authors.
Oxford University Press
May, 1996 —
Oct, 2006
(over 10 years)
As Art Director for Trade books at Oxford, I oversaw all aspects of design, schedule, image research and cover and print production for over 150 titles a year, managing a team of in-house and freelance designers and coordinating with editorial and marketing on cover design. Books also included the full bible and reference lists, in addition to numerous non-fiction genres such as a well-known jazz list and health titles, and a Latin American fiction translation list.
Portfolio
The #1 New York Times bestselling story of corruption, sizzling romance, and ceaseless deception . . . where nothing is what it seems and every truth brought to light exposes a darker lie--from "a masterful storyteller" (USA Today). When Jordie Bennet and Shaw... read more
A young widow restores a dilapidated mansion with the assistance of a charming, eccentric genius, only to find the house is full of dangerous secrets in this effervescent Gilded Age debut novel It’s 1875, and Alva Webster has perfected her stiff upper lip afte... read more
"Among the best manuals for succeeding in finding and keeping love we have seen."—Harville Hendrix, PhD and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhDA program that not only leads to healthy relationships but that also steers us toward our own potential greatness—from well-known... read more
A concise, jargon-free guide to learning what Buddhist meditation is—and isn't—with advice on how to start a meditation practice.If you want to meditate but have no idea where to begin, this book by best-selling author and Buddhist teacher Susan Piver will hel... read more
Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber shares inspirational and empowering true stories of what happens when we commit intentional acts of generosity.Master storyteller Debbie Macomber knows a secret. In a world that seems too often retic... read more
"Belfoure's sly, roguish writing opens a window to those living both gilded and tarnished lives... Best of all, Belfoure holds together each and every thread of the novel, resulting in a most memorable, evocative read."―Publishers Weekly, STARRED ReviewGangs o... read more
In his latest historical novel, bestselling author Robert Morgan brings to full and vivid life the story of Jonah Williams, who, in 1850, on his eighteenth birthday, flees the South Carolina plantation on which he was born a slave. He takes with him only a few... read more
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