Margarita Castaño

Margarita Castaño – Designer

Experienced award winning illustrator. A great story deserves a great cover, it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship with the reader.

Overview

In my past life I was an executive creative director, I've been leading the creativity for brands such as Diesel, Absolut, Camper, Levi`s, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen L'oreal, Buckler, Loewe, Vodafone, among others. After all these years I can say I'm a versatile professional and I understand that every brand, client, brief, person, story, is unique.

In 2014 I decided it was time to change and I founded my own studio. That's where I started collaborating with publishing companies as an illustrator, I'm a regular collaborator of Planeta Editorial illustrating book covers for fiction novels. I wouldn't like to say that I'm specialized in women's literature because I consider myself quite flexible to face any type of commission, but it's a fact that most of the ones I've illustrated belong to that genre.

On the other side, Penguin Random House published the first comic book "Hardcore Maternity" that me and my friend and co-author Esther de la Rosa created, like in Hugh Grant "Song and lyrics" film, but in this case she put the words and me, the illustrations.

As an illustrator I've been Awarded in festivals such CdeC, ADCE, Laus,

Services
Fiction
Classics Contemporary Fiction Contemporary Romance Cozy Mysteries Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction
Non-Fiction
Fashion & Textiles Humanities & Social Sciences
Languages
English
Awards
  • CdeC
  • Laus
  • ADCE

Work experience

Planeta Editorial

Mar, 2017 — Present

Self-employed

Jan, 2014 — Present

wysiwyg/publicis group

Jun, 1998 — May, 2013 (almost 15 years)

Portfolio

Made with Reedsy
Manly Man of God

Strange, Katharine

Holy Heck Books

Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
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A Good Thing

Jeff, Enid

Jeff not Geoff Inc

Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
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Journey Arabesque: The Rise and Fall of an Immigrant Dream

Belasri Maghrebi, A. L.

Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
Lucha oculta (Spanish Edition)

Tellado, Corín

Planeta Publishing

Cover Design Illustration
Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration
Hardcore Maternity

Castaño, Marga

Cover Design Illustration Book Interior Design

Margarita has 7 reviews

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Stacey D.

Stacey D.

Jul, 2025

I was drawn to Marga's style from the very beginning. The concepts she came up with were amazing right out of the gate, one was nearly identical to a scene plucked right from the book even without her having read it! She was extremely professional, communicative and adaptable since we had a hard ...
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Katharine S.

Katharine S.

May, 2025

Margarita has an amazing eye for design and was very professional and timely getting the piece done. She was open to suggestions and incorporated them well into the final cover. I am thrilled with my cover design and had a great experience working with her!
Margarita C.
It’s been great collaborating with Katharine. She was able to clearly communicate what she envisioned for her cover while giving me the creative freedom to interpret it, which I truly appreciated. ...
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Randolph C.

Randolph C.

Mar, 2025

I would be happy to work with Margarita again. Our collaboration on The Barin Field Murder was another pleasant experience.
Christy G.

Christy G.

Jan, 2025

I am very pleased with Margarita's work and will hire her to design my second book's cover.
Margarita C.
IIt has been great working on this cover with Christy; I would absolutely love to collaborate with her again.
Sydney C.

Sydney C.

Nov, 2023

Margarita is a superb artist and so lovely to work with. I got exactly what I want for my cover. Her work has so much style and really pulls the eye. I couldn't be happier and I will absolutely ask her to do covers for any following books.
Margarita C.
Working with Sydney has been fantastic. She had a clear vision of what she wanted, and I believe my input complemented her expectations. We were in sync from the beginning and throughout the entire...
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