# Book Cover and Interior Illustration

By Samantha Hahn, New York area watercolor illustrator.

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.

## Work

- ![Book Me](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/book-me.webp)
- ![What Are We Doing Here by Marilynne Robinson for Picador](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/what-are-we-doing-here.webp)
- ![The Paris Review](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-paris-review-5.webp)
- ![Well-Read Women: Portraits of Fiction's Most Beloved Heroines for Chronicle Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/well-read-women-portraits-of-fictions-most-beloved-heroines-for-chronicle-books.webp)
- ![The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs for Simon & Schuster](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-bright-hour-by-nina-riggs-for-simon-and-schuster.webp)
- ![Pretty Little Liars, killed cover for HarperTeen](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/pretty-little-liars-killed-cover-for-harperteen.webp)
- ![Every Body, a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, for Theatre Communications Group](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/every-body-book-cover.webp)
- ![Grace Jones for Four Seasons Magazine](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/grace-jones.webp)
- ![Gloria Steinem](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/gloria-steinem.webp)
- ![Constellation journal cover for Abrams](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/constellation-journal.webp)
- ![Pure Skin by Victoria Tsai for Clarkson Potter](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/pure-skin-book-1.webp)
- ![Pure Skin by Victoria Tsai for Clarkson Potter](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/pureskin-p15.webp)
- ![Pure Skin by Victoria Tsai for Clarkson Potter](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/pure-skin-page.webp)
- ![Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo for HarperVia, HarperCollins](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/holy-boy-black-dark-covers.webp)
- ![Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo for HarperVia, HarperCollins](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/holy-boy-by-lee-heejoo-for-harpervia-harpercollins.webp)
- ![Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez for Doubleday](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/rainbow-covers1.webp)
- ![Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez for Doubleday](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/rainbow-covers2.webp)
- ![Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez for Doubleday, selected for Communication Arts](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/rainbow-milk-cover.webp)
- ![Quarterlane](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/quarterlane-reader.webp)
- ![Childhood memory, collage with a vintage photograph](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/childhood-memory-collage-with-a-vintage-photograph.webp)
- ![Portrait in blue and pink, watercolor and ink](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/ruin.webp)
- ![Poster for Salon du Vintage, France](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/salon-du-vintage.webp)
- ![Harper's Bazaar Ukraine](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/harpers-bazaar-ukraine.webp)
- ![The Silencing of Pasiphae by Candy Henry](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/pasiphae.webp)
- ![Hand-lettered cover for Unburdened by Dorit Kemsley, Podium Publishing](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/dorit-subtitle.webp)
- ![Hand-lettered cover for Unburdened by Dorit Kemsley, Podium Publishing](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/dorit-title.webp)
- ![Quarterlane summer edit](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/quarterlane-summer-edit.webp)
- ![Quarterlane](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/quarterlane-2.webp)
- ![The Art of Hair by Rubi Jones for Artisan Books, end papers](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/rubi-endpaper.webp)
- ![Painted torso in blue, yellow and orange, collage on aged paper](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/photo-collage.webp)
- ![Seated figure with an inset portrait, duotone collage on painted yellow](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/photo-collage-2.webp)
- ![Men in suits walking across a giant pink torso, halftone photo collage](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/pink-torso.webp)
- ![Blue-toned figure in a crowd of men in overcoats, photo collage](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/photo-collage-3.webp)
- ![Mirrored vintage portrait with color-shifted glitch](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/photo-collage-4.webp)
- ![Doubled face split by a red line, blue-toned photo collage](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/photo-collage-5.webp)
- ![Eye behind torn paper with prismatic edges, indigo ink collage](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/eye.webp)
- ![I Never Loved, photo collage with hand lettering](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/sense-of-self.webp)
- ![Radiant Beauty, hand lettering over watercolor](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/radiant-beauty-hand-lettering-over-watercolor.webp)
- ![The Great Paint Debate for House Beautiful](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-great-paint-debate.webp)
- ![Pretty Little Liars lettering, killed cover for HarperTeen](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/liars8.webp)
- ![Love, hand lettering in red](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/love2.webp)
- ![A Mother Is a Story and Stories for My Child for Abrams](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/a-mother-is-a-story-and-stories-for-my-child-for-abrams.webp)
- ![A Mother Is a Story: A Celebration of Motherhood for Abrams](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/a-mother-is-a-story-a-celebration-of-motherhood-for-abrams.webp)
- ![The 3-Minute Journal of Joy for Penguin Random House](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-3-minute-journal-of-joy-for-penguin-random-house.webp)
- ![Quarterlane x Juniper collection](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/quarterlane-x-juniper-collection.webp)
- ![Shoe-strology for Potter Style, Penguin Random House](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/shoe-strology-for-penguin-random-house.webp)
- ![Top Secret Tooth Fairy Club](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/top-secret-toothfairy-club.webp)
- ![The Best Collections for SPUR](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-best-collections-for-spur.webp)
- ![Isetan cover](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/isetan-cover.webp)
- ![Dominique Francon from Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, in Well-Read Women for Chronicle Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/dominique-francon-1.webp)
- ![Reading Woman, from Well-Read Women for Chronicle Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/reading-woman.webp)
- ![Beauty Awards cover for Vogue Japan](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/beauty-awards-cover-for-vogue-japan.webp)
- ![Pretty Little Liars: Beauty Is Only Skin Deep by Sara Shepard, killed cover for HarperTeen](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/pretty-little-liars-beauty-is-only-skin-deep-by-sara-shepard.webp)
- ![Read by the Author, lettering for HarperVia at HarperCollins](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/read-by-the-author.webp)
- ![A Novel, lettering for HarperCollins](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/a-novel-1.webp)
- ![Dolores Haze from Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, in Well-Read Women for Chronicle Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/dolores-haze-1.webp)
- ![Clarissa Dalloway from Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, in Well-Read Women for Chronicle Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/clarissa-dalloway-2.webp)
- ![Alice from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in Well-Read Women for Chronicle Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/alice-in-wonderland.webp)
- ![The Paris Review](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-paris-review.webp)
- ![The Paris Review](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-paris-review-2.webp)
- ![Portrait with verse, ink and collage, for The Paris Review](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/portrait-with-verse-ink-and-collage.webp)
- ![The Paris Review](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-paris-review-3.webp)
- ![Sailboat from A Mother Is a Story for Abrams](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/sailboat-from-a-mother-is-a-story-for-abrams.webp)
- ![Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House for Penguin Random House](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/she-the-people-cover3-3.webp)
- ![Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House for Penguin Random House](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/yes-she-can.webp)
- ![Well-Read Women for Chronicle Books, at Rizzoli Bookstore](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/rizolli-bookshop.webp)
- ![Alphabet sticky note covers for Anthropologie](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/patterned-notecards-in-gouache.webp)
- ![Pee-wee Herman](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/pee-wee-herman.webp)
- ![Penguin Classics set for Juniper Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/penguin-classics2.webp)
- ![Painted book stack for Juniper Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/stack-of-books.webp)
- ![You're a Gem! for Chronicle Books: famous gems from the National Gem Collection of the Smithsonian](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/youre-a-gem-for-chronicle-books-famous-gems-from-the-national-gem-collection.webp)
- ![Exclusive collection for The Smithsonian Museum with Chronicle Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/soi.webp)
- ![A Mother Is a Story for Abrams](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/a-mother-is-a-story.webp)
- ![A Mother Is a Story for Abrams](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/a-mother-is-a-story-for-abrams.webp)
- ![Rachel Cusk, from A Mother Is a Story for Abrams](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/rachel-cusk-5.webp)
- ![Pure Skin by Victoria Tsai for Clarkson Potter, dedication page](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/spread-3.webp)
- ![The Paris Review](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-paris-review-4.webp)
- ![Hand and face, photo collage for Flaunt Magazine](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/hand-face.webp)
- ![Acid Cousin, hand lettering over photo collage](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/tongue-1.webp)
- ![Note to Self, collected and introduced by Gayle King, for Simon & Schuster](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/note-to-self.webp)
- ![The Wine in the Sky Questionnaire for Assouline](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/the-wine-in-the-sky-questionnaire-for-assouline.webp)
- ![Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez for Doubleday](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/rainbow-milk-by-paul-mendez-for-doubleday-spine.webp)
- ![Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo for HarperVia, HarperCollins](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/holy-boy-by-lee-heejoo-for-harpervia.webp)
- ![Women Changing the World for Juniper Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/women-changing-the-world-for-juniper-books.webp)
- ![Women Changing the World for Juniper Books](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/women-changing-the-world-for-juniper-books-2.webp)
- ![Unburdened: A Memoir by Dorit Kemsley for Podium Publishing](https://samanthahahn.com/images/books-publishing/a-memoir.webp)

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