
Flatiron Books
Art Director: Keith Hayes

Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster (unused)

Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

Penguin Random House
Art Director: Roseanne Serra

Hachette Books
Art Director: Amanda Kain

Simon & Schuster (unused)

Simon & Schuster

Penguin Random House
Art Director: Roseanne Serra

Tarcher/Perigee
Art Director: Jess Morphew

Simon & Schuster

Little, Brown and Company (unused)
Art Direcor: Gregg Kulick

Spiegel & Grau (unused)
Art Director: Greg Mollica

Spiegel & Grau (unused)
Art Director: Greg Mollica

Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster
Photograph by Platon

Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

Delacorte Press (unused)
Art Director: Angela Carlino

Simon & Schuster

Riverhead Books (unused)
Art Director: Helen Yentus

HarperCollins
Art Director: Gregg Kulick

Simon & Schuster (unused)

Scribner
Art Director: Jaya Miceli

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Riverhead Books
Art Director: Helen Yentus

Viking
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Viking
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Viking
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Viking (unused)
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Penguin Random House
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Penguin Press (unused)
Art Director: Darren Haggar

Penguin Press (unused)
Art Director: Darren Haggar

Viking (unused)
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Viking (unused)
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Riverhead Books
Art Director: Helen Yentus

Hudson Street Press
Art Director: Jaya Miceli

Plume

Crown (unused)
Art Director: Christopher Brand

Riverhead Books
Art Director: Helen Yentus

Penguin Random House
Art Director: Roseanne Serra

Viking (unused)
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Penguin Random House
Art Director: Roseanne Serra

Penguin Random House
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Penguin Random House
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Penguin Random House (unused)
Art Director: Paul Buckley

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco (unused)
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco (unused)
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco (unused)
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco (unused)

Ecco (unused)
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Ecco (unused)
Art Director: Allison Saltzman

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: David Litman

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Alex Merto and Rachel Willey

Simon & Schuster
Cover designs: Lauren Peters-Collaer

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Thomas Colligan

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Tyler Comrie

Simon & Schuster
Cover design: Na Kim

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Tyler Comrie

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Na Kim

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Thomas Colligan

Simon & Schuster
Cover design: Thomas Colligan

Simon & Schuster
Cover design: David Litman

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Evan Gaffney

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Darren Haggar

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Will Staehle

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Lauren Peters-Collaer

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Lauren Peters-Collaer

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Jim Tierney

Simon & Schuster
Cover design: Joan Wong

Simon & Schuster
Cover design: Ben Wiseman

Simon & Schuster
Cover design: David Litman

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Rodrigo Corral Studio

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Grace Han

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Lynn Buckley

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Lauren Peters-Collaer

Viking
Jacket design: Will Staehle

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Jonathan Bush

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Ben Wiseman

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Na Kim

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Jonathan Bush

Simon & Schuster
Cover design: Kimberly Glyder

Simon & Schuster
Cover design: Anna Laytham

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Alex Merto

Simon & Schuster
Jacket illustration and lettering: Nomoco

Simon & Schuster (unused)
Jacket design: Grace Han

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Evan Gaffney

Plume (unused)
Cover design: Grace Han

Plume (unused)
Cover design: Grace Han

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Ben Wiseman

Simon & Schuster
Jacket design: Na Kim

Plume
Illustration: Kelsey Dake

Plume (unused)
Cover design: Samantha Russo

Plume (unused)
Cover design: Zoe Norvell

Penguin Random House (unused)
Cover design: Mikel Jaso

Plume (unused)
Jacket design: Samantha Russo

Penguin Random House
Cover design: Alex Merto
Photograph by Alessandro Puccinelli

Penguin Random House
Cover design: Devin Washburn

Penguin Random House
Cover design: Alex Merto

Penguin Random House
Illustration by Lisa Hanawalt

Plume (unused)
Cover design: Gregg Kulick

Plume
Cover design: Evan Gaffney

Plume (unused)
Cover design: Samantha Russo

Plume
Cover design: Ben Wiseman

Plume
Cover design: Jim Tierney

Plume (unused)
Cover design: Jennifer Heuer

Hudson Street Press (unused)
Jacket design: Nick Misani

Hudson Street Press (unused)
Jacket design: Matt Dorfman
Her work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in their 50 Books/50 Covers Show, the New York Book Show, and in PRINT’s Regional Design Annual. She was selected for inclusion in The Best of Cover Design published by Rockport in 2011. Her work was also featured in Classic Penguin: Cover to Cover published by Penguin Random House in 2016.
Freelance clients include: Penguin Random House, FSG, Grove Press, HarperCollins, W. W. Norton, Flatiron Books, and Hachette.
A graduate of Barnard College, Alison was a professional dancer and poet before moving on to the glamorous world of graphic design.
alison@alisonforner.com
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Spine Magazine: On Designing The Appointment
Lit Hub: Resisting the Obvious Design for a Book Cover, Sarah M. Broom’s The Yellow House
Lit Hub: When a Writer Wants You and Only You to Design Their Cover, Lisa Brennan-Jobs’ Small Fry
Lit Hub Best Covers of 2016
Talking Covers interview
Amazon.com interview
Faceout Books
Caustic Cover interview