Chip Kidd is a Designer/Writer in New York City (and Stonington, CT, and Palm Beach, FL). His book cover designs for Alfred A. Knopf, where he has worked non-stop since 1986, have helped create a revolution in the art of American book packaging. He is the recipient of the National Design Award for Communications, as well at the Use of Photography in Design award from the International Center of Photography. And a bunch of other stuff. Kidd has published two novels, The Cheese Monkeys and The Learners, as well as Batman: Death By Design, an original graphic novel published by DC Comics and illustrated by Dave Taylor. He is also the author of several books about comics, notably 'Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz', 'Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross', 'Batman: Animated', 'Jack Cole and Plasticman' (with Art Spiegelman), 'Batman Collected', 'Shazam!