
Wynne Au-Yeung
Designer
Chronicle Books
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Wynne Au-Yeung (she/her) is a designer at Chronicle Books specializing in cookbooks, lifestyle, and gift publishing. She collaborates with illustrators and photographers to develop the visual direction of each project, with a particular interest in how design, materials, and production come together to shape the reader’s experience. Before joining Chronicle Books, she worked as a creative project manager in educational publishing.

John Berry
Typographer, book designer, & author
johndberry.com
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John D. Berry is an editor, typographer, book designer, & design writer in Seattle. He has been president of ATypI, editor of U&lc, book designer for Copper Canyon Press, and program manager for the Microsoft Fonts team. His most recent books are Working with Type: Selected Essays on Type & Typography and Type is everywhere: a history of the Association Typographique Internationale.

Annie Marino
Senior Designer and Art Director
Ten Speed Press
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Annie Marino is a book designer with a decade of experience creating thoughtful, visually compelling books. She began her career at Taschen Books, where she developed a strong foundation in art direction and typography; and is now a Senior Designer and Art Director at Ten Speed Press where she has been for 9 years. She has also contributed designs to One World Books, Abrams, Quarto, Epic Ink, Four Color Books, Watson Guptill, and others. A recent highlight of her career has been designing Dolly Parton’s last three New York Times Bestselling Books Behind The Seams, Star of the Show, and Good Lookin’ Cookin’. A native of Kentucky, Annie now calls the Bay Area home and enjoys gardening, trying new recipes and restaurants, and spending time with her chihuahuas Arthur and Eli.

Dustin Kilgore
Art Director
Yale University Press
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Dustin Kilgore has worked in-house and freelance for a number of publishers, and currently serves as an Art Director and Book Designer at Yale University Press. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut with his wife and three children. His work has been recognized by AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers, The Association of University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, PRINT Magazine Annual Award, Society of Typographic Arts, and Type Directors Club.

Aarushi Menon
Book cover designer
Random House
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Aarushi Menon (she/her) graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2023 and has since been working as a book cover designer at Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, in New York City. She designs covers across multiple genres, such as fantasy, romance, thriller, and more. Her work has been featured by Literary Hub, Spine Magazine, and Creative Quarterly.

Beste M. Doğan
Book Designer
Melville House Publishing
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Beste M. Doğan studied graphic design in Istanbul, Turkey. After working in multidisciplinary art studios pivoted to desktop publishing. She moved to New York in 2018 and since then she has been working at Melville House Publishing, while doing part time freelance book design. You can see her art projects and Book designs at www.bestemiray.com