Book Cover and Interior Illustration by Samantha Hahn

Book covers, interiors and endpapers in watercolor and ink. Authored and illustrated: Well-Read Women: Portraits of Fiction's Most Beloved Heroines and Well-Read Women: A Reader's Journal for Chronicle Books, and A Mother Is a Story: A Celebration of Motherhood and Stories for My Child: A Mother's Memory Journal for Abrams.

Select illustrated titles include The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs for Simon & Schuster, Pure Skin by Victoria Tsai and The Finer Things by Christiane Lemieux for Clarkson Potter, Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez for Doubleday, The Wine in the Sky Questionnaire for Assouline, The Art of Hair by Rubi Jones for Artisan Books, Holy Boy for HarperVia at HarperCollins, and A Year of Jewish Joy by Rebekah Lowin for Harvest at HarperCollins. Select clients include Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, St. Martin's Press, HarperCollins, Juniper Books, Quarterlane, The Smithsonian and The Paris Review.

Commissions include book cover and full interior illustration, endpapers and chapter openers for fiction, nonfiction, coffee table books, art books, cookbooks, lifestyle and gift books.

Praise for Well-Read Women: “Samantha Hahn has a knack for capturing the fluidity of a costume and the gloss of an eye or lip.” Steven Heller, The New York Times Book Review. “Literary heroines get their close-ups in Hahn’s collection of exquisite watercolors.” Entertainment Weekly. “Samantha Hahn’s lush and dreamy illustrations capture the hearts of literature’s most adored heroines. They’re all here—Clarissa Dalloway, Dorothea Brooke, Nancy Drew—and each one is drawn so magnificently that their authors would rejoice as we rejoice, and tear the pages from this book to hang on their walls.” Emma Straub, New York Times best-selling author of The Vacationers. “These women are important. They illuminate the world. So read, read, read their words. And learn what life is.” Maira Kalman, artist and author of The Principles of Uncertainty. “Samantha Hahn’s exuberant watercolors paired with sharply chosen quotes feel at once nostalgic and modern, stylish and genuine. All qualities befitting the complex women she renders.” Stella Bugbee, editorial director, New York magazine and thecut.com. “Richly illustrated and exquisitely hand-lettered, Well-Read Women is the perfect convergence of literature and art—and a wonderful gift for any passionate reader. I have devoured it already several times over.” Lisa Congdon, artist and author of Find Your Artistic Voice. “The perfect collection of our favorite fictional heroines brought to life in gorgeous illustrations by the immensely talented Samantha Hahn—it’s destined to become a classic and inspire readers and artists alike.” Christiane Lemieux, author of Undecorate.

Praise for A Mother Is a Story: “What I love most about this rich, beautiful book is how contradictory it is—because every mother is her own story, and their stories differ as much as the children those mothers produce. It’s all here—the wonder, the sacrifice, the hope, the obsession, the love.” Emma Straub, New York Times best-selling author of The Vacationers. “A Mother Is a Story is a gorgeous book that goes right to the heart. I can’t get enough of Samantha’s stunning watercolors—they stay with me, and the words they illustrate come to mind as my own daily motherhood story unfolds.” Gabrielle Blair, mother of six, blogger, and New York Times best-selling author of Design Mom. “Samantha’s gorgeous watercolors give life to the funny, touching and true moments of motherhood. A mother is a story—in this case, a very beautiful one.” Joanna Goddard, blogger and founder of A Cup of Jo.