Mike Corrao

Mike Corrao – Designer

I'm an adept book and cover designer with experience working on a wide range of titles from indie darlings to solo endeavours.

Overview

I'm an experienced cover designer, book designer and typesetter based in Minneapolis. I've worked with numerous presses such as Fonograf Editions, 11:11 Press, Milkweed Editions, and Apocalypse Party on the works of incredible authors such as John Ashbery, Audre Lorde, B.R. Yeager, and Vi Khi Nao. I'm interested in innovative and challenging projects, but am more than happy to create professional and beautiful editions of any literary or artistic work.

Services
Non-Fiction
Architecture Philosophy
Fiction
Horror LGBTQ Fiction Literary Fiction Plays & Screenplays Poetry Short Story
Languages
English

Work experience

Fonograf Editions

Jan, 2022 — Present
Creating a clear artistic direction, consistent aesthetic, and unique presentation for a wide range of literary and vinyl works, working with a wide range of printers and production materials.

Mayfly Design

Oct, 2022 — Nov, 2023 (about 1 year)
Creating the cover design, page design, typeset, ebook, and print mechanicals for high quality paperback, hardcover, and special edition books printed both offset and digital.

11:11 Press

Jan, 2020 — Jun, 2022 (over 2 years)
Leading the design wing of the small press publisher, 11:11 Press. Creating a clear artistic direction, consistent aesthetic, and unique presentation for a wide range of literary works.

Portfolio

Bird/Diz [an erased history of bebop]

Longmire, Warren C.

Cover Design Book Interior Design
A Bell Curve is a Pregnant Straight Line

Nao, VI Khi

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Trouble Finds You

Wilkinson, Joshua Marie

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Aannex

Butler, Blake

Book Interior Design
To Be Devoured

Tantlinger, Sara

Book Interior Design
Bedlam

Elsby, Charlene

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Burn You the Fuck Alive

Yeager, B.R.

Book Interior Design
So Beautiful and Elastic

Shipley, Gary J.

Book Interior Design
Midwestern Infinity Doctrine

Baer, Ulrich Jesse K.

Cover Design
Something Gross

Dope Boy, Big Bruiser

Cover Design
Interrogating the Abyss

Kelso, Chris

Cover Design Book Interior Design
The Compleat Lungfish

Maierhofer, Grant

Book Interior Design
Bonding

Siebert, Maggie

Book Interior Design
Beside Myself

Farmer, Ashley Marie

Book Interior Design
Convulsive

Koch, Joe

Book Interior Design
Panopticon [fragments]

Bentham, Jeremy

Cover Design Book Interior Design Production Management
Casket Flare

Berry, Logan

Cover Design Book Interior Design Production Management
The New Quarantine

Göransson, Johannes

Cover Design Book Interior Design Production Management
Bedroom Vowel (Bunny, 3)

Tuck, Zoe

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Dead Winter

Yankelevich, Matvei

Cover Design Book Interior Design
DEARTH & God’s Green Mirth

Clevidence, Cody-Rose

Cover Design Book Interior Design
The Thomas Salto

Straw, Timmy

Cover Design Book Interior Design
The Vegas Dilemma

Nao, VI Khi

Book Interior Design
Bright Stupid Confetti

Shipley, Gary J.

Book Interior Design
The Secret Diary of a SoundCloud Rapper

Stepdad, Young

Book Interior Design
Ablation

Stegeman Lemay, Danika

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Children of the New Flesh The Early Work and Pervasive Influence of David Cronenberg

Chris Kelso

Book Interior Design
Alien

Raz, Ali

Book Interior Design
Campfires of the Dead and the Living

Christopher, Peter

Book Interior Design
The Bringers of Fruit: An Oratorio

Switaj, Elizabeth

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Hole Studies

Plum, Hilary

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Leech

Reber, Jake

Cover Design Book Interior Design Production Management
Zer000 Excess

Reber, Jake

Cover Design Book Interior Design
One or Several Deserts

St Hogan, Carter

Cover Design Book Interior Design
bleach tooth

breath, catch

Cover Design
Failure to Thrive

Lamb, Meghan

Cover Design
The Glass Abattoir

Kinlin, Matthew

Cover Design
Fidelitoria: fixed or fluxed

Wuehle, Candice

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Offal Opacities

Closet, D M

Cover Design Book Interior Design Production Management
Bodies Like Meat

Cloak

Cover Design Book Interior Design Production Management
Drifter, Stories (Summer Edition)

Rice, David Leo

Cover Design Book Interior Design
The House Inside the House of Gregor Schneider

Shipley, Gary J

Cover Design Book Interior Design Production Management
Limited Editions

Stone, Carole

Cover Design
Italian Blood: A Memoir

Tolan, Denise

Cover Design
The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty

Elsby, Charlene

Cover Design Typography Book Interior Design

Mike has 6 reviews

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Kristine L.

Kristine L.

Apr, 2025

It has been a great experience working with Mike. Excellent communication from the start! His background in poetry books was key for me. He listened to everything I asked for and made it happen! Always ready with cheerful suggestions amid pesky line and section breaks. What more could you ask for...
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Michael R.

Michael R.

Mar, 2025

Mike completed the project very fast, answered all my questions and in a timely manner, I will most definitely use him again in the future.
Mike C.
Thanks, Michael! It was a real pleasure. Looking forward to the next project.
Avner L.

Avner L.

Jan, 2025

This is now my third time using Mike, and I can't imagine doing any project in the future without Mike at my side. This was for the e-book, but I'd used him for the print edition, whose galley I received several weeks ago. I can't believe how good the final product looks. Mike is a genius designe...
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Mike C.
Avner, thanks again! It's really been a lot of fun to work on this project. I look forward to seeing this book come out, and to hopefully working together on the next!
Avner L.

Avner L.

Nov, 2024

This is my second time using Mike. He possesses the two qualities that make for a great designer. First, he has an incredible eye and was able to put on the page what a non-designer like me could barely see in my own mind. Second, he has tremendous patience. He was eager to work with me on revisi...
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Avner L.

Avner L.

Oct, 2024

I could not have asked for a better designer. I came to Mike with a simple idea of how I wanted my cover to look, and he turned that idea into something beyond anything I could've imagined. Not only does he have an incredible eye, but he exhibited tremendous patience, presenting me with a myriad ...
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Mike C.
Thank you, Avner! This project was a lot of fun and I really love how it came together.

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