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Laurie MacQueen

Graphic Designer

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  • About

About

Laurie MacQueen is a Graphis, IPPY, and IBPA award–winning designer based in Austin, TX.

She writes under the pen name Rowan Maxwell.

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Design awards

2025 Graphis silver award—cover design for Killing Grace

2025 IBPA silver award—nonfiction cover design for All About Yvie

2025 IPPY silver award—nonfiction cover design for All About Yvie

Bestsellers I’ve worked on

All About Yvie by Yvie Oddly and Michael Bach

Go to Hell Ole Miss by Jeff Barry

Under the Naga Tail by Mae Bunseng Tiang with James Tiang

The Rise of Women and Wealth by Cindy Couyoumjian

Favorite books & classes

Design For Meaning: Creating Effective and Artistic Book Cover Designs by Peter Mendelsund

Photo Compositing: Match Any Subject to any Background like a pro by Rhabii Mhamdi

Illustrated Lettering: Design a Book Cover with Jessica Hische by Jessica Hische

The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst

Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte

Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon

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