"Out of the frying pan, into the fire!" That was how one editor called it when I told her I started in trade book design and then launched a literary agency and co-publishing venture.... Well, I have to say it's a great fire, and I'm ready to put some more logs on it! The big... Continue Reading →
One Lucky Book Designer
When I became a book designer, back in the mid-eighties, I started working at Little, Brown & Company, on Boston's historic Beacon Hill, in a beautiful old Federal building on top of the hill, near the gold-capped dome of the capital. I lived out in Cambridge, and rode my bike into work most days. The... Continue Reading →