Overview
When you hire me you get the creativity of two designers for your project. Lee Fukui and I have been designing book covers, jackets and interior designs for over 25 years and have produced hundreds of books on a variety of subjects. From cookbooks at John Wiley & Sons to Leadership books with McGraw Hill Professional. From self-help books for TarcherPerigee (such as The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron and her followup books) to novels and other non-fiction for self-publishers (The Daddy Diaries and A Song For Sister by Joshua Braff).
We are proud of our problem solving abilities, whether it’s conveying the proper message of a cover design or developing a cohesive relationship between the many elements of an interior design.
We know the ins and outs of publishing and every step you need to take to end up with a professional looking book.
Our goal is to provide beautifully designed printer ready files for a final book that you can be proud of.
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Awards
- "A Taste of Heaven" won the Quality Paperback Award at the 2010 New York Book Show
- "Garde Manger" was selected as a Professional Kitchens Finalist at the 2012 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Awards
Work experience
Self-employed
Lee Fukui and I have created hundreds of book covers and book interiors for various imprints and publishers over the years. We do the design, composition (typesetting), and manage the production by coordinating with publisher, author, copy-editor, proofreader, and indexer. We are proficient in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Word. Some of the publisher's we've worked with:
McGraw Hill Education; Penguin Random House—TarcherPerigee, Putnam, Avery, Riverhead, Ballantine Books, Broadway Books, Crown, Doubleday, Rodale, Spiegel & Grau, Shaye Areheart, Three Rivers Press; John Wiley and Sons; The Flower Tree Press; Prince Street Press . . .
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