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