With her vast experience designing children’s books and adult jackets, Semadar Megged joined Philomel in 2000 and worked as art director and designer exclusively with Editorial Director Patricia Lee Gauch for the next ten years, collaborating on books by Ed Young, David Small, Loren Long, Nancy Carpenter, Will Hillenbrand, Patricia Polacco, and many more. Semadar remained at Philomel as the imprint's art director for additional six years.

Since 2016 Semadar has been working with publishing houses such as Levine Querido, Norton Young Readers, Simon & Schuster, Apples & Honey Press, Holiday House and Penguin, and with independently published authors and illustrators. She is also available for online portfolio reviews and one-on-one picture book dummy development for unpublished and under contract illustrators.

Alongside her work on children's books, Semadar is an adult trade book interior and cover designer.

Send a short message about any project or service you are looking for (see also SERVICES page), which could be a quick look at your portfolio or your dummy, a long term picture book development, a book or jacket design or any other project I could be of help to you. I am happy to have a free short phone conversation to answer any questions you might have about the process and discuss the kind of help that would suit you best.

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