Patricia Moffett – Designer

I work from home between the mountains and the sea in Snowdonia, north Wales. The ever-changing light here is a constant inspiration in my work. The landscape is ancient and soaked in myth. I love creating an atmosphere to tell a tale and enjoy any subject with an element of the uncanny.

I've enjoyed working in publishing for 36 years and am constantly exploring new subjects and techniques to keep me on my toes and my style fresh. I've illustrated best-selling picture books for major publishers - one example of which is Fairies, for Carlton Books, which has been reprinted 19 times and made hundreds of thousands in sales.

I'm delighted to say that I provide a full service - both design and illustration. Whether it's for a cover only or a typographic interior - I'll work with you from concept to delivering files ready for Print or as ePubs. At present I'm not able to offer my services on large format, full colour, picture books, but would be delighted to work with you on your cover and chapter book illustrations.

My design work not only includes covers and narrative text, but also illustrated non-fiction books. If you have a project book that you'd like help to bring to life, I can help with that. I can provide illustrations such as step by steps, and mock ups of the projects, in a smart design that will make your book stand proud alongside other craft titles.

As well as illustrating and designing books and covers, I'm both a published and self-published author (I am an internationally published author for Atria Books, Schiffer, Schiffer Craft, Carlton Books, Sterling Publishing, Thunder Bay Press, B.E.S. Publishing, Readerlink, Welbeck Publishing, Christophorus Verlag, and Dunod Paris). Through these decades of experience, from both sides of the industry, I will help and guide you through the process. You can read how valuable authors have found this to be in my reviews.

I have a down-to-earth approach and am very easy to talk to. Each project is greeted with enthusiasm and I enjoy discussing and developing ideas together with authors. We talk through how the image would work and I provide a pencil rough. I’ll then add the light and magic!

Look out for my trusty assistants on any video calls - Oskar the Bearded Collie and Beti BwBw our little all-sorts rescue!