‘Working with Nada was a delight. She combines the skill and vision of an artist with the absolute reliability of a professional. She delivered on time at every stage and early on several. The process of creation — from ideas to roughs to final product — produced a striking cover that I love. The cover conveys the spirit of the book with no risk of being lost amidst a sea of variants on a theme.’
Chad Musick – Author, Not My Ruckus
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‘Not only is Nada an extraordinary book designer, she is also precise, efficient and an utter professional. I loved working with her and will do so again, if she’ll have me.’
Gabrielle Blondell – Author, Numb
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‘I am delighted to be able to express my respect and admiration for one of the best designers in publishing, both in Australia and overseas. Nada will be able to provide ample details of her design work, so I won’t single out specific examples of the hundreds of designs she has done for Allen and Unwin over the years. I’d just say that as a publisher it has always given me a special feeling of confidence, and pleasure, when it’s confirmed that Nada will be working on one of my books. I KNOW it will turn out brilliantly.’
Patrick Gallagher – Chairman, Allen and Unwin
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‘Nada captured the essence of my novel in a single image. As that is what makes a reader pull a book from a shelf, I consider her contribution to the finished product invaluable!’
Jodi Picoult – Author, Perfect Match, My Sister’s Keeper and many more
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‘Nada is, quite simply, everything I need in a freelance designer. Disgustingly talented and thoroughly reliable.’
Alex Ross – Head of Creative, Penguin Books
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‘The first thing readers and booksellers say to me on meeting is how much they LOVE the cover for The Midsummer Garden. I couldn’t agree more! Nada has captured the whimsy and warmth of two strong women (across two different eras) in an evocative garden. I can almost smell the herbs … The golden Artemisia threading the cover and spine adds a touch of magic.’ What a beautiful cover.
Kirsty Manning-Wilcox – Author, The Midsummer Garden
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‘Whether the brief be “gaudy, disco cover for a musical impresario” or “the most delicate and beautiful literary cover you have ever conceived” Nada always sends through a variety of approaches with several contenders. The heartache and troubles are in choosing only one.’
Meredith Curnow – Publisher, Knopf, Vintage, Random House Books.
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‘Nada Backovic has designed four of my rural lit covers. She’s been incredible to work with; nothing is ever too much trouble for her. She delivers within time frames, always has a good understanding of the brief and portrays the story within pages through pictures.’
Fleur McDonald – Author, Sapphire Falls, Emerald Springs, Indigo Storm and Crimson Dawn
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‘I very much enjoy working with Nada. She is creative, professional and sticks to deadlines.’
Cate Paterson – Publisher, Pan Macmillan
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‘I was utterly delighted when I saw my book cover for the first time. Nada created a warm, intriguing cover that captured the essence of my novel so beautifully. It couldn’t have been more perfect. She is a supremely talented designer.’
Vanessa Carnivale – Author, The Florentine Bridge
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‘Booksellers and book buyers often praise our book jackets, and we love working with the woman who makes them. Nada Backovic is flexible and creative, and consistently responsive to our needs. She always delivers on time, and her designs are fresh, inventive and stylish.’
Georgia Richter – Publisher, Fremantle Press
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‘I’ve received countless emails and letters from readers telling me that they were initially drawn to Poet’s Cottage because of the stunning cover. Nada skilfully developed an image capturing not only the story but the mood and the themes as well. There isn’t a day that I don’t look at Poet’s Cottage and still feel as enraptured as I was on my first sighting of her work. Poet’s Cottage also attracted reviews like, “a book you can judge on its cover”. I would wish any author to have the joy and good fortune to have Nada translating and elevating their words with her striking, eloquent and stylish vision.’
Josephine Pennicott – Author, Poet’s Cottage
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‘I love working with Nada. I have complete confidence that her approach to a cover will be original and sensitive and that she has a keen awareness of the market. Nada always remains calm and open to feedback from publisher and author. Having worked in-house, her understanding of the often complex process of cover approval within a publishing company is an advantage.
Annette Barlow – Publisher, Allen and Unwin
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‘Nada created the most stunning cover for my book, a cover that readers and booksellers continually comment on for its beauty, a cover that they say they’re proud to display in their homes and bookshops.’
Natasha Lester – Author, A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald
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‘Nada is a wonderful and highly experienced designer. She is ever-reliable and professional, and was one of my go-to people to work on important books and also to reinvigorate designs that had gone bad. Some of the best-designed books I edited were Nada’s creations.’
Lauren Finger – Managing Editor, Atlantic Books Ltd
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‘Nada has just done a series of three covers for a new edition of my Old Balmain House series, one variant for the ebooks and a second for the print books They are exceptional images, beautifully imagined and designed. The result is covers that create a real sense of each book’s story while maintaining series continuity. They lift all books to a whole new level.’
Graham Wilson – Independent Author
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‘Nada Backovic always nails our cover briefs, irrespective of what we send her way—true crime exposes, heartfelt Gallipoli memoirs or reflections on motherhood. Even with impossible covers, she always comes up with a fresh solution that works. It is such a pleasure working with her.’
Louise Stirling – Senior Editor, Melbourne University Publishing
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‘I feel very privileged to have Nada as my cover designer. Her work just pops out on the shelf and in thumbnails, so my book always gets noticed.’
Pamela Hart – Author, War Bride and A Letter from Italy
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‘Nada is a brilliant book cover designer – follows her brief in fresh and innovative ways, is brilliant at deadlines, and at solving the inevitable requested tweaks when sales and marketing have given their feedback. I love her working on my books.’
Maggie Hamilton – Author and Publisher
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‘I am a self-published author who has great experience as a psychologist but none when it comes to books. Nada was such an amazing influence. She helped with decision making and produced a wonderful book that is visually interesting on the cover and throughout. She was very patient and helped guide me when needed. She worked well to a deadline and was always ahead of me. If she says she will do something, she does. Without Nada, my book wouldn’t be what it is. I couldn’t recommend her highly enough.’
Tarnya Davis, Independent Author
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‘I absolutely love working with Nada and wholeheartedly recommend working with her. Over the last two years, I have been building a list of commercial fiction (specialising in women’s fiction) and Nada has designed four book covers for me with those titles becoming bestsellers.
Nada is supremely creative, open-minded and very patient; when she nails a concept she really nails it. Nada is among the very best designers I have ever worked with in both Australia and the UK over the past 16 years.’
Rebecca Saunders – Fiction Publisher, Hachette Australia
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‘Nada perfectly conveys a book’s unique spirit. Her varied designs are consistently brilliant.’
Nick Brodie – Author, 1787, The Vandemonian Wars and Kin
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I have had three book cover designs done by Nada Backovic and I can’t recommend her highly enough. Her designs are clear and powerful. Nada is prompt, efficient and on time with the delivery of various creative phases of cover design. Her professionalism is exemplary. If you need a book cover designer who delivers on time and produces great covers, Nada is for you.
Jane Cull – Independent Author
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‘Nada worked as A&U’s principle book designer for quite a few years. After she left our employ to run her own business she became one of our favourite freelance designers. Nada is highly creative, organised, responsive, flexible, and extremely experienced in a range of design styles and book genres. She is also highly professional and pleasant to work with. Nada has won numerous design awards for Allen &Unwin’s books over the years and her jacket designs have helped our books find readers and therefore many more sales. I have no hesitation in recommending Nada and her work.’
Sue Hines – Trade Publishing Director, Allen and Unwin
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