Book designer and illustrator based in Toronto.

A blue hot air balloon floats above snowy mountains, with a purple sky covered in Northern lights. Near the top, some of the lights look geometric, like a cityscape. The bottom half of the image reads "The Golden Compass" and then smaller, "Phillip P
A rain-soaked street is framed by two different boys’ legs, one barefoot and one in sneakers. The street is lit by coloured lights that fade up into stars. “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” is handwritten in white cursive, an
The same front cover for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" as shown earlier, laid out now as a full jacket spread. On the spine, white outlines of a chair and a bird are on either end of the text. The back cover shows a blurb
A parchment-coloured background with brown ink illustrations and details in red ink shows an old West-style town street, with a wall in the distant background at the street’s end. Blood/red ink drips from it. Red highlights curtains, brick, doorframe
"Rose Under Fire" is written in red above a barbed wire fence. "Elizabeth Wein" is written on the wall below the fence. Above, and taking up most of the image is a wide blue sky and in its centre above the fence is a paper airplane with a crowned rab
A steel dagger is centred with dock in a lake with dark stormy clouds in the background. The dagger has a small laurel wreath and crown on its handle but that’s not visible without zooming in. At the top of the image reads “If We Were Villains” in a
A page spread matching "If We Were Villains" shows the first two pages of the chapter. Between the "{Scene 1}" header and the start of the body text is a small lineart illustration of a sparrow in flight.
On a dark mossy-green background, light green gothic text reads "Disfigured" with a hand on the first "i," a mermaid tail on the tail of the "g," and spines along the back of the "d." The subtitle in a regular all-caps green serif font reads "on fair
In the background, a boy gallops on a red horse along a cliffside, followed by a girl on a dun horse. At the bottom of the cliffs are dark waves and a blood-stained beach. In front of the cliffs the title reads "The Scorpio Races" in a handwritten cu
A minimalist cover for "This Savage Song," with a black background. The details are in bright red. The title is left-justified in thin, sans-serif type, and “Victoria Schwab” is written along the bottom. A grid of tally marks covers the image, except
This cover matches "This Savage Song," using the same black background, font, and composition. The details here are in bright blue. The tallies here are replaced with a repeated circle-inside-a-circle, like a simplified eye, a line dividing each alon
An illustration made to look like a painting with a gold frame. The frame has circular bumps in a connected line along the inner edge like a string of pearls. The top of the frame has a chandelier surrounded on either side by stylized comets, and the
“And I Darken” is written in text in centered italic white text against the black background. “Kiersten White” is written at the bottom in the same font but not in italics. A thin white border surrounds everything. The façade of a castle is shown: th
A cover for “Now I Rise,” with the title text in centered italic white text against the black background. “Kiersten White” is written at the bottom in the same font but not in italics. A thin white border surrounds everything. Above the title is a fa
A cover for “Bright We Burn,” with the title text in centered italic white text against the black background. “Kiersten White” is written at the bottom in the same font but not in italics. A thin white border surrounds everything. Above the title is

I graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in fine art. Having always loved reading, I am now pursuing a career in book design.

I love making covers that accurately market a book, look pretty, and cram in as much symbolism as possible. Good designs are a way to inspire people to read and to find books they are likely to enjoy, and I love to be a part of that process.

(The above book covers are my own designs and illustrations, made for pre-existing books.)