Interview: Judging a Book by its Cover

Lynda Barry is the creator of the syndicated comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek featuring the incomparable Marlys and Freddy, as well as the books One! Hundred! Demons!, The Greatest of Marlys, Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel, and Naked Ladies Naked Ladies Naked Ladies. Her bestselling book What It Is received the R.R. Donelley and Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. Barry presents her latest book, Picture This, an inspirational, take-home extension of her travelling workshop, “Writing The Unthinkable.”

Bill Douglas is the founder of The Bang, a multi-disciplinary studio specializing in book and publication design and has created works for dozens of publishers and hundreds of authors including Rawi Hage, Sheila Heti, Mark Kingwell, Ronald Wright, and Margaret Atwood.

Chip Kidd is a graphic designer, writer, and editor whose book jacket designs for Alfred A. Knopf revolutionized the art of American book packaging.