Peter Mendelsund

Peter Mendelsund is the author of seven books: the novel The Delivery (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); “Gorgeously written…profound.” —Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours), the novel Same Same (Vintage/Anchor: “Breezy and profound in equal measure.” —The New York Times), the non-fiction works What We See When We Read, (“Welcome and fascinating”—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books), Cover (“Cover pushes us to reconsider what we think we know about the graphic representation of words and ideas.”—The New Republic) and The Look of the Book (Crown/TenSpeed), Weepers, a novel (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), and the memoir Exhibitionist. Mendelsund has been described by the New York Times as “one of the top designers at work today,” and his design work has been described by The Wall Street Journal as “the most instantly recognizable and iconic.” He is the Creative Director of The Atlantic.