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Andressa Meissner creates the cover for Yosha Gunasekera's novel Moonlight Detective, published by Berkley, marking her second collaboration with the author.
For Little, Brown, Philipp Beck produces the cover art and custom lettering for 'Lords of the Ring', Dan Higgins’ examination of professional wrestling, politics and identity.
Commissioned by Callisto, 50 True Stories That Will Scare You to Death pairs the storytelling of Sebastian Krahl with cover and interior illustrations by Fabio Lyra.
For a feature exploring the nature of love, Jacob Stead creates the lead illustration and a series of accompanying artworks for Virginia Living's "The Science Behind Sparks".
Created for Spain's International Day of Rural Women, a new poster by Iratxe López de Munáin highlights community, representation and collective decision-making.
Commissioned by Penguin Random House's Del Ray imprint for Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver, Studio Duco continues an ongoing series of interconnected cover designs.
Created for Little Tiger Books’ baby and toddler list, 'Little Ghost Little Ghost What Can You See?' continues Pintachan’s long-running collaboration with the publisher.
We talk to Helen Brady about landing and executing her first big project in children’s publishing – illustrations for three Pocket Potter books by JK Rowling.