Cover Design & Art Direction
I’ve served as cover designer and typesetter for a bounty of books across genres and age groups. Creating a great book design is a puzzle involving so many pieces—what will the audience respond to? What are the current design trends? What combination of image and type will perfectly capture the content? How should the cover inform the interior design? Despite all these questions and considerations (or perhaps because of them), it’s immensely satisfying when all those pieces fit into place.
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