Hannah Janzen
Hannah is an award winning, senior book designer based in Sydney, Australia. She has experience in a wide range of genres including fiction, non-fiction, cook books and illustrated books with a particular passion for children’s picture books, children’s fiction and YA. Hannah’s design work has been recognised for a number of industry awards including Young […]
Simon Rattray
After cutting his teeth with design studios in Auckland, London and Sydney, Simon struck out on his own under the name Squirt Creative in 2007. He has been designing the insides and outsides of books ever since for clients such as Allen & Unwin, Random House, Harlequin, McGraw Hill and Pearson Education. Simon is also […]
Hazel Lam
Hazel is an award-winning senior book designer. Her experience spreads across fiction, non-fiction, illustrated books, YA, children’s fiction and picture books. In 2020, she became the first book designer to be awarded the Rising Star Award at the Australian Book Industry Awards.
Sarah Mitchell
Sarah Mitchell is an illustrator and designer, specialising in children’s publishing. She is currently the Head of Design at Walker Books Australia and has extensive prior experience designing picture books, novels and series for a range of publishers, including Scholastic Australia, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing and HarperCollins. Sarah draws on her training in Fine Arts […]
Mika Tabata
Mika is a book designer who has previously worked in-house at Walker Books Australia and is now part-time Production Designer at Allen & Unwin. She also freelances and works across a wide range of categories and publishers.
George Saad
George is a freelance book designer and the recipient of the Emerging Designer’s Award, 2022 and was ABDA President in 2025-26. He loves type, and gets inspiration from film and other media. He is interested in blending the traditional world of books with more modern media.
Michel Streich
Michel Streich is an illustrator, designer and author. Born and educated in Germany, he started his illustration career in London, and moved to Australia in 2000. After a decade in Sydney, he now lives in the Blue Mountains.
Maya Abraham
Maya is a Sydney-based graphic designer who joined the HarperCollins Design Studio in 2021, specialising in crafting compelling marketing materials for book releases. As a Marketing Designer, she takes pride in her diverse skill set, working across digital ads, animations, window displays, press ads, and catalogues. While her background is in marketing, she has recently […]
Hana Kinoshita Thomson
Hana is an illustrator and book designer who is passionate about mental health, picture books, the Japanese language and culture, and rabbits. Her signature colourful, vibrant and engaging style is perfect for children’s books, teaching resources, playful publications, and anything that could benefit from a pop of colour. Hana is currently creating beautiful books as […]
Nicolette Treanor
Nicolette is a designer based in the Blue Mountains with 8 years of experience in the Australian publishing industry. She specialises in children’s books and has had experience working at leading publishers Scholastic Australia, and currently at Walker Books Australia. Using her skills as an illustrator and designer, she is comfortable creating both classy and […]
Finn Redmond
Finn started work in the print industry at The Distillery in Darlinghurst, a design and letterpress studio specialising in event stationery and publication design. From here he moved into freelance work specialising in book cover design and illustration. He loves a good book.
Lillian Webb
I am a freelance illustrator and book designer living in Newcastle, Australia. With over seven years of experience in design and illustration, I can manage a book’s production from concept to print. My background in natural history illustration brings a unique skill set and exacting image creation to the book design process. I am open […]