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KATRINA DAMKOEHLER

Art Direction • Design • Illustration
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Young Adult & Adult Books

Art Direction • Series Design
Art Direction • Series Design

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES • Client: Sterling Children’s Publishing/Splinter • Cover art: Cliff Nielsen

Art Direction (with April Ward / Updated Paperback Editions)
Art Direction (with April Ward / Updated Paperback Editions)

Client: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers • Hand Lettering: Jason Carne

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Amazon Children’s Publishing / Skyscape • Cover Art: Cliff Nielsen

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Sterling Children’s Books/Splinter • Cover Photography: Martin Stranka

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Sterling Children’s Publishin/Barnes & Noble Exclusives • Cover Photography: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre) Ed Brydon, Wuthering Heights: Stock Image

Design
Design

Client: Bloomsbury Children’s Books • Art Direction: Donna Mark

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Amazon Children’s Publishing / Skyscape • Cover Photo: Don Sipley

Design • Illustration
Design • Illustration

Client: Books-A-Million / Penguin Proprietary Sales

Design
Design

Client: Books-A-Million / Penguin Proprietary Sales

Design
Design

Client: Penguin Proprietary Sales, 2017 Special Edition

Design • Illustration
Design • Illustration

Client: Open Road Media

Design
Design

Client: Open Road Media

Cookbook Cover & Interior Design
Cookbook Cover & Interior Design

Client: Whitney Braunstein (Self Published)

Middle Grade Books

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

2021 NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Client: Random House Children’s Books • Cover Art: Jedit

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Random House Children’s Books • Cover Art: Dion MBD

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

2023 NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER • Client: Random House Children’s Books • Cover Art: Abigail Dela Cruz

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

2024 PURA BELPRE HONOR AWARD WINNER • Client: Random House Children's Books • Cover Art: Oriol Vidal

Art Direction
Art Direction

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Client: Random House Children’s Books • Cover Photo: Theo Samuels • Cover Doodles & Title Lettering: Charity Ekpo

Art Direction • Design (Paperback Edition)
Art Direction • Design (Paperback Edition)

Client: Yearling • Cover Art: Brandon Dorman

Art Direction (Paperback Edition)
Art Direction (Paperback Edition)

Client: Yearling • Cover Art & Title Lettering: Charlot Kristensen

Art Direction
Art Direction

Client: Crown Books for Young Readers • Cover Art: Laci Jordan • Title Lettering: Mike Burroughs

Art Direction • Design • Illustration
Art Direction • Design • Illustration

Client: Crown Books for Young Readers / We Need Diverse Books

Design (25th Anniversary Edition)
Design (25th Anniversary Edition)

Client: Yearling

Art Direction
Art Direction

Client: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers • Cover Art: Julia Sarda • Title Lettering: Risa Rodil.

Art Direction
Art Direction

Client: Crown Books for Young Readers • Cover Art & Title Lettering: Lydia Nichols

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Wendy Lamb Books • Cover Art: Louisa Uribe

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Crown Books for Young Readers • Cover Art: Karl James Mountford

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Random House Children’s Books • Cover Art: Kevin Keele

Art Direction (Paperback Editions)
Art Direction (Paperback Editions)

Client: Yearling • Cover Art & Title Lettering: Chelen Ecija

Art Direction (Paperback Editions)
Art Direction (Paperback Editions)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (Red) • Client: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers • Cover Art: Kevin Keele • Title Lettering: Jacey

Art Direction
Art Direction

Client: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers • Cover Art & Title Lettering: Celia Krampien

Art Direction
Art Direction

Client: Delacorte Press • Cover Art & Title Lettering: Matt Ryan Tobin

Art Direction
Art Direction

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Cover Art & Type Design: M. S. Corley

Art Direction • Series Design
Art Direction • Series Design

Client: Random House Children’s Books • Cover Art: Danielle Kroll

Art Direction • Series Design
Art Direction • Series Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers • Cover Art: Qin Leng

Art Direction
Art Direction

2024 SIBERT MEDAL WINNER • Client: Random House Studio • Cover Art: Brett Helquist • Title Lettering: Maya Brasnovic

Art Direction
Art Direction

Client: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers • Cover Art: Various • Hand Lettering: Mye de Leon

Noisemakers Interior Spread
Noisemakers Interior Spread
Noisemakers Interior Spread
Noisemakers Interior Spread
Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers • Cover Art: Gerald Kelley

Grover Cleveland Again Interior Spread
Grover Cleveland Again Interior Spread
Grover Cleveland Again Interior Spread
Grover Cleveland Again Interior Spread
Nancy Drew Collections • Slipcase & Bellyband Designs
Nancy Drew Collections • Slipcase & Bellyband Designs

Client: Penguin Special Sale / Costco

Hardy Boys Collections • Slipcase & Bellyband Designs
Hardy Boys Collections • Slipcase & Bellyband Designs

Client: Penguin Special Sales / Costco

Picture Books

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

2015 THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARD WINNER • Client: Amazon Children’s Publishing/Two Lions • Illustrator: Christopher Weyant

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Client: Crown Books for Young Readers • Illustrator: Alicia Padron

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrator: David DaGrand

Pink is For Blobfish Interior Spread
Pink is For Blobfish Interior Spread
Pink is For Blobfish Interior Spread
Pink is For Blobfish Interior Spread
Pink is For Blobfish Interior Spread
Pink is For Blobfish Interior Spread
Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrator: David DaGrand

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrators: Hari & Deepti

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrator: Jane Massey

Eat Sleep Poop Interior Spread
Eat Sleep Poop Interior Spread
Eat Sleep Poop Interior Spread
Eat Sleep Poop Interior Spread
Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Sterling Children's Books • Illustrator: David Walker

Time for a Hug Interior Spread
Time for a Hug Interior Spread
Time for a Hug Interior Spread
Time for a Hug Interior Spread
Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrator: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

It's Tough to Lose Your Balloon Interior Spread
It's Tough to Lose Your Balloon Interior Spread
It's Tough to Lose Your Balloon Interior Spread
It's Tough to Lose Your Balloon Interior Spread
Design
Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrator: Mark Chambers

Art direction • Design
Art direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrator: Mark Fearing

Superhero Instruction Manual Interior Spread
Superhero Instruction Manual Interior Spread
Superhero Instruction Manual Interior Spread
Superhero Instruction Manual Interior Spread
Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrator: Poly Bernatene

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrator: Matt Hunt • Title Lettering: Risa Rodil

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Alfred A. Knopf • Illustrator: Nancy Zhang • Title Lettering: Jeanine Murch

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Amazon Children's Publishing/Two Lions • Illustrator: Bill Thomson

Design
Design

Client: Sterling Children's Books • Illustrator: Charles Santore

Aesop's Fables Interior Spread
Aesop's Fables Interior Spread

Aesop's Fables interior spread

Aesop's Fables Interior Spread
Aesop's Fables Interior Spread
Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Amazon Children's Publishing/Two Lions • Illustrator: Christine Davenier

Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Sterling Children’s Publishing • Illustrator: Jon Davis

Watch Your Tongue, Cecily Beasley Interior Spread
Watch Your Tongue, Cecily Beasley Interior Spread
Watch Your Tongue, Cecily Beasley Interior Spread
Watch Your Tongue, Cecily Beasley Interior Spread
Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Sterling Children’s Books • Illustrator: Tim Bowers

Talk, Oscar, Please! Interior Spread
Talk, Oscar, Please! Interior Spread
Talk, Oscar, Please! Interior Spread
Talk, Oscar, Please! Interior Spread
Art Direction • Design
Art Direction • Design

Client: Sterling Children’s Publishing/AMNH

ABC Dinosaurs Interior Spread
ABC Dinosaurs Interior Spread
ABC Dinosaurs Interior Spread
ABC Dinosaurs Interior Spread

Illustration

Cover illustration
Cover illustration

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, Art direction: Debbie Guy Christiansen

Cover illustration
Cover illustration

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, Art direction: Debbie Guy Christiansen

Cover illustration
Cover illustration

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, Art direction: Debbie Guy Christiansen

Illustration (character study)
Illustration (character study)
Personal work
Personal work
Illustration
Illustration

Illustration for a charity auction raising money after the Japan tsunami.

Magazine illustration
Magazine illustration

Publisher: Cobblestone Publishing/Faces Magazine

Magazine illustration
Magazine illustration

Publisher: Cobblestone Publishing/Faces Magazine

Magazine illustration
Magazine illustration

Publisher: Cobblestone Publishing/Faces Magazine

Magazine illustration
Magazine illustration

Publisher: Cobblestone Publishing/Faces Magazine

Magazine illustration
Magazine illustration

Publisher: Cobblestone Publishing/Faces Magazine

Magazine illustration
Magazine illustration

Publisher: Cobblestone Publishing/Faces Magazine

Magazine illustration
Magazine illustration

Publisher: Cobblestone Publishing/Faces Magazine

Magazine illustration
Magazine illustration

Publisher: Cobblestone Publishing/Faces Magazine

Magazine illustration
Magazine illustration

Publisher: Cobblestone Publishing/Faces Magazine

Interior illustration
Interior illustration

from Once Upon a Nation, published by Once Upon a Nation Storytelling Benches

Interior illustration
Interior illustration

from Once Upon a Nation, published by Once Upon a Nation Storytelling Benches

Interior illustration
Interior illustration

from Once Upon a Nation, published by Once Upon a Nation Storytelling Benches

Interior illustration
Interior illustration

from Once Upon a Nation, published by Once Upon a Nation Storytelling Benches

Interior illustration
Interior illustration

from Once Upon a Nation, published by Once Upon a Nation Storytelling Benches

Map Illustration
Map Illustration

from “Salt to the Sea”, published by Philomel Books

Map Illustration
Map Illustration

from “Salt to the Sea”, published by Philomel Books

Map Illustration
Map Illustration

from “Between Shades of Gray”, published by Philomel Books

Map Illustration
Map Illustration

from “Between Shades of Gray”, published by Philomel Books

Map Illustration
Map Illustration

“The Silk Roads”, published by Cobblestone Publishing

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Title Design & Logos

Logo Design
Logo Design

Client: Sweet Lucy’s Bakery

Logo Design
Logo Design

Client: 3 Button Wedding Photography

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