Chip Kidd a Miniature Biography

Chip Kidd was born in Pennsylvania, USA in 1964. He is an author, editor, band member and graphic designer. Busy guy! Famously known for book cover designs.

Growing up, Kidd was fascinated with American popular culture, especially that of Batman.

He studied graphic design and went on to work at Knopf Publishing House. From there, he began to design book covers in an alternative and unique fashion. He developed his own style. By 2002 he'd designed 1200 covers for Knopf as well as doing freelance work. He frequently designed for the the New York Times Best Sellers list, gaining him a lot of clients.

Mr Kidd went on to edit graphic novels. He also authored and designed coffee table books including Batman Collected 1996, Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross 2003, Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz 2001.

He has also gone on to write his own novels some of which include The Cheese Monkeys 2001 and The Learners 2008.