Novels & Fiction

Books limited only by the imagination of the author
The quintessential form of literature, the novel presents an interesting design challenge: cover design that meets the expectations of the genre, yet stands out; interior design that reinforces the mood and spirit of the book, but otherwise gets out of the reader’s way through top-shelf formatting and typesetting.
Bright red title and the almost hidden red canoe feature on this dark YA cover and interior
A red canoe becomes a metaphor on the cover and story of this YA magical realism novel.
Voices Rising showing front and back covers, and an interior spread
Creating an anthology of native women writers took careful balance of style and art—with illustrator Tashia Hart's help.
The front and back cover of the book.
A request for an eBook conversion for Under a Cloven Sky becomes a fantasy cover project and an ongoing partnership.
Besides loving a good classic time travel story, A Traveler in Time has been a test case in POD publishing.

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