James Jones is an award-winning art director, designer and illustrator who freelances for publishers all over the world. James has worked at Orion Publishing Group, Vintage Books, and as Art Director at both Oneworld Publications and Head of Zeus. His work has been recognised by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Type Directors Club, Design Observer, The Academy of British Cover Design and the World Illustration Awards. James is also the illustrator of several picture books including The Perfect Fit, One More Try and The Odd Fish.

To see James' work head to his website at jamesjonesbookdesign.com, or follow him on twitter and instagram.

To follow James and his wife Naomi's picture book work be sure to follow @naomiandjamesjones on Instagram where there's regular updates on their work together.

For something a bit different, we spoke in passing about James' latest project Wildsole sandals – a newly formed barefoot adventure sandal company. If you'd like to find out more, visit wildsolesandals.com where you can also get 10% off any purchases using the discount code COVERMEETING. Links and details are in the show notes.

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Cover Meeting was hosted by Steve Leard and produced by James Ede of beheard.org.uk.