Art Director for the HarperOne Group: HarperOne, HarperVia, Amistad Books, HarperEspañol, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Library of HarperCollins Publishers
brayda.stephen@gmail.com
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LitHub Best Book Covers of 2023
2022 AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers
The Washington Post: Best book covers of 2021
LitHub Best Book Covers of 2021
2020 AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers
2020 Type Director’s Club | The World’s Best Typography
2020 American Illustration 39
LitHub Best Book Covers of 2020
2021 50th Annual PPN Book Show: Best Cover Design
2021 International Latino Book Award Gold Medal: Best Cover Design
Buzzfeed News: Best Book Covers of 2020
Creative Review: Book Covers of the Year 2019
2018 GDUSA American Graphic Design Award
2017 Type Director’s Club | The World’s Best Typography
2017 American Illustration 36
2012 Communication Arts Illustration Annual
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AIGA Eye on Design: Six Great Book Covers and the Stories Behind Them
Print Magazine: Judging a Book By Its Cover: 15 of Our Favorite Designs From AIGA’s 50 Books | 50 Covers Competition
Print Magazine: Zora Neale Hurston’s Beloved Works Get Beautifully Repackaged By Amistad Books
Electric Lit: How 10 Book Covers Evolved, from Rejected Drafts to Final Designs
Bridgeman Images In Action: Interview with Stephen Brayda, Art Director
Spine Magazine: Consent
Spine Magazine: The Lost Shtetl
Spine Magazine: Lost in the Spanish Quarter
Spine Magazine: Mouthful of Birds
2018 Be My Cover exhibit
Henrietta Public Library: Book Covers We Love with Art Director Stephen Brayda