
Professional Experience
I'm the rare book designer whose publishing experience goes beyond design, having worked in several book production roles, including Director of Production and Managing Editor. I've edited, proofread, indexed, and designed and laid out countless books, in addition to supervising the entire production process at small publishing houses. This broad experience allows me to provide clients with excellent guidance for all their production needs, and to design and construct books with the experience of someone who has seen, done, and managed it all. I pride myself in creating clean, elegant books and having every detail perfectly in place. Most importantly, I know that book design is more than a nice-looking page; good design is about function—it has to accommodate all of the manuscript's needs, it has to print well, and it has to be effortless to read. Please visit my website and portfolio at www.wordreams.com.
Expertise
- Designer 11 Years
- Production (print) 11 Years
- Editor 11 Years
Specialty
- Business (general) 11 Years
- Other, Specify 11 Years
- Politics 5 Years
Industries
- Book Publishing Trade/B2B 11 Years
Technical skills
Book Cover Design, Book Interior Design, Editing
Foreign Language Skills
Fluent in Arabic, conversational in French
Computer skills
Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat
Book Covers

Lens on Syria
(Just World Books 7/1/2016)
Photography book of Syria before the current war

Arabia Incognita
(Just World Books 3/1/2016)
Political anthology

The People Make the Peace
(Just World Books 7/1/2015)
Political anthology

The Gaza Kitchen, Second Edition
(Just World Books 8/1/2016)
Award-winning ethnographic cookbook

Baddawi
(Just World Books 3/1/2015)
Graphic novel

The Origin of Species
(Concept art 1/1/2018)
Scientific literature

King Lear
(Concept art 1/1/2018)
Shakespeare play

The Tempest
(Concept art 1/1/2018)
Shakespeare play

Science in the Kitchen & the Art of Eating Well
(Concept art 2/1/2018)
Historical cookbook

The Awakening
(Concept art 2/1/2018)
Classic literature

Madame Bovary
(Concept art 1/1/2018)
Classic literature

The Souls of Black Folk
(Concept art 1/1/2018)
African-American literature