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Rebecca 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I'm an illustrator and published graphic novelist who loves creating detailed black ink line narratives for book and magazine publishers.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor & Comedy, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • The Galloping Skirt
  • Self-employed

Mary 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Children’s Author and former Creative Director for Five Mile Books and Larrikin House, I have designed and created in excess of 200 titles.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Five Mile Books
  • Larrikin House

Grace 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I am a graphic designer passionate about layout design and art direction, and an illustrator who loves working with animal imagery.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, and Fashion & Textiles.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • STH Architecture
  • Freelance Designer
  • SMC
  • NH Architecture

Nick 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

I'm a multidisciplinary artist and illustrator working digitally and with watercolors. My work is playful focusing on characters and color.

Genres: African American Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Fashion & Textiles, Entertainment, Music, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Warby Parker
  • Camus Cognac
  • Distinction Arts

Amanda 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Creative and collaborative senior book designer and art director, 15 years experience with major children's publishers, covers/internals.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Contemporary Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • Walker Books Australia
  • Scholastic Australia (Koala Books imprint)

Tess 5 star rating

Melbourne, Australia

Attention-grabbing book cover design ~ On time and on budget. Specialising in business non-fiction.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Career Guides, Design, Parenting & Families, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, and Computers & Internet.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Wiley

Peter 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I'm an award-winning book cover designer, looking to work with you to create a beautiful, individual and distinctive book.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Plays & Screenplays, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Entertainment, and Art.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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Vaughan 5 star rating

Pooraka SA, Australia

Children's Book Illustrator with trade and educational publishing experience. Quirky style perfect for fun picture books and chapter books.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, and Middle Grade.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Matthew 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

A graphic designer with a passion for book design. Over 600 cover credits with clients including Jeff VanderMeer. Let me dress your book!

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Poetry, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Anthologies, and Action & Adventure.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Elin 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Hi! I'm Elin, a professional Illustrator bringing ideas to vivid reality. Let's turn your vision into stunning visuals together!

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, and Comics & Graphic Novels.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Samantha 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Book loving, award-winning art director and graphic designer who has a great idea for your next cover!

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Inspirational, Parenting & Families, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Classics, Fiction, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Adam 5 star rating

Brisbane QLD, Australia

illustrator with 20 years of experience illustrating for various publishers. If I can help bring your project to life please contact me!

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Comics & Graphic Novels, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Comics Non-Fiction, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Emma 5 star rating

Brisbane QLD, Australia

Hello! My name is Emma. I work fulltime from my office in sunny Brisbane, as a Children’s book Illustrator, with over 15 published titles.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Skoolbo
  • ChuChu TV Studios
  • Self-employed
  • Playtime Books

Mike 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

I’m a Creative based in Sydney Australia, with over 25-years experience in editorial and book publishing design.

Genres: Nature, Non-Fiction, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Daniel 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I am a professional illustrator with over 15 years experience in book and album cover illustration, my specialty is comic illustration.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Dystopian, Middle Grade Fantasy, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Veronica 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Freelance illustrator with years of experience painting characters and creatures for clients such as Darrington Press, MCDM and Illumicrate.

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming & LitRPG, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade Fantasy, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Ella 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Passionate illustrator creating vibrant, enchanting artwork for children's literature, igniting childhood joy and wonder in every page.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Shawline Publishing Group / Playtime Books
  • Self-employed
  • The Vegetable Plot

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With ebooks getting more and more popular by the day, authors should begin concerning themselves with getting both their physical and digital copies looking perfect. It’s not necessarily a requirement, but if you want to expand your readership, getting used to new mediums for reading is a great choice.

Doing this yourself may look easy, until you realize that the format for a printed version doesn’t work well with an ebook, and vice versa. Margins are askew, font sizes are too small, and page numbers are nowhere to be seen. You can’t really blame yourself — you’re a writer after all. A book’s design is not within your expertise, but hiring a talented book designer in Australia can certainly preserve the same magic of a physical copy to an ebook.

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