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Greta Sibley\'s CV
1. Greta D. Sibley
&
One Cottage Street #5
Easthampton, MA 01027
Associates 413•529•0070–•–fax 413•529•0071
Greta@GarageAnnexSchool.com
Objective New England Book Show
secure appropriate freelance assignments for the I designed and produced the following books that
◆–to
design and/or composition of books placed in the New England Book Show:
Woman’s Book of Yoga and Health, Shambhala
◆–The
Skills & Services
Dei, Small Offerings Press
◆–Lux
◆–publication design
◆–Daughters, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
◆–composition
◆–Shared Silence, Small Offerings Press
limited editions
◆–handbound ◆–Basic Printmaking Techniques, Davis Publications
◆–Design & Drawing, Davis Publications
Although I am an independent designer and publisher
◆–The Photographic Eye, Davis Publications
I have a select group of associates on whom I call for
◆–Exploring Painting, Davis Publications
support here in the studio. These colleagues’ skills
complement my own. I rely on fine illustrators, design-
Collections
ers, compositors, and persons skilled in digital enhance-
The rare book libraries of the following institutions
ments. Please think of my business as a mini agency.
have purchased copies of my Small Offerings Press
We design and produce trade books (illustrated and
handmade limited editions: Wellesley College;
unillustrated), professional/reference books, textbooks,
Dartmouth College; New York Public Library; Purdue
and handmade limited editions. I specialize in interiors.
University; Rochester Institute of Technology;
Experience Skidmore College; University of California Santa
My career began in 1979 in Seoul, Korea, where I started Barbara; University of Minnesota; University of Utah;
University of Vermont; West Virginia University
a publishing and design company. I learned the mechan-
ics and creative possibilities of color reproduction, exper-
Education
imenting with a wide range of design styles, publication
formats, and production techniques. Since returning to B.A. in Print Media and Korean Studies,
the United States in 1983, I have been working freelance, summa cum laude, University of Hartford
based in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
References
A list of individual credits follows. Some of the pub-
lishers with whom I work or have worked include: Zorian, Shambhala Publications, 617 • 424• 0030
◆–Lora
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Publications
◆–Shambhala
◆–Laura Brady, Houghton Mifflin, 617 •351 •5933
◆–HarperOne
◆–Suzanne Stradley, HarperOne, 415 • 477 • 4465
Book Group (Little, Brown and
◆–Hachette
◆–Rachel Hockett, editorial service, 805 • 395 • 0343
Grand Central)
◆–Gail Straub, High Point, 845 • 331 • 1312
◆–Houghton Mifflin
◆–Jen Waring, Harvard Business Publishing,
◆–Addison-Wesley
617• 783• 7642
Books
◆–Perseus
◆–Anna Maria Piluso, Hachette, 212 • 364 • 1481
◆–Allyn & Bacon
◆–Denise LaCongo, Little, Brown, 212 • 364 • 1445
◆–Heinle & Heinle
2. Selected Credits
SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS, 2000‒ ; LITTLE, BROWN (HACHETTE BOOK GROUP),
2008‒ ; freelance book designer (interior) and
Below is a selected list of titles for which I did both
the interior design and composition: compositor
Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right-Brain World A Lucky Child
The Five Ways We Grieve The Magician’s Book
The Art of War
GRAND CENTRAL (HACHETTE BOOK GROUP),
The Experience of Sam¯dhi
a
2008‒ ; freelance book designer (interior) and
Natural Wakefulness
compositor
To Buy or Not To Buy
Mindfully Green Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz
The Gnostics and Their Scriptures Hungry Woman in Paris
When the Past is Present
HARPERONE, 2008‒ ; freelance book designer
Treasures of the Sakya Lineage
(interior) and compositor
The Happiness Trap
On Becoming an Alchemist Our Greatest Gift
Creative Recovery Words for Your Wedding
Animals Matter
ADDISON-WESLEY/PERSEUS BOOKS, 1993‒99;
Muscular Retraining for Pain-Free Living
freelance book designer (interior) and compositor
Budo Mind and Body
The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry Respect
Grandmothers Counsel the World Silicon Sky (design only)
Everyday Holiness International Jobs
Angelic Mistakes Insisting on the Impossible
Ens¯o Trespassing
The Book of Five Rings Working Fathers
The True Dharma Eye Lessons and Legacies
Tao Te Ching Walking towards Walden
Hooked! I’ve Known Rivers
Living, Dreaming, Dying Daughters
Yoga for Healthy Bones The Straight Path
Yoga for a Healthy Menstrual Cycle
CAVANKERRY BOOKS, 2001; freelance book designer
The Gnostic Bible
(interior) and compositor
Native Foods Restaurant Cookbook
Carolyn Kizer: Perspectives on Her Life and Work
The Path of the Human Being
In Buddha’s Kitchen
FIFTY-FIFTY PUBLISHERS, 2008‒09; freelance book
Ki and the Way of the Martial Arts
designer (cover and interior) and compositor
The Woman’s Book of Yoga and Health
Pond Poems, Etcetera
Soul’s Palette
The Yoga of Breath
HIGH POINT, 2008; freelance book designer
The Places That Scare You
(cover and interior) and compositor
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2005‒ ; Returning to My Mother’s House
Below are titles for which I did the interior design:
BELL TOWER, 1989‒90; photographer, freelance book
The Jewish Enemy (composition too)
designer (interior)
Among Empires
Out of the Woods Being Home
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3. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 1996–03; freelance book De paseo, interior (design only)
designer (interior) and compositor La pluma mágica, interior (composition only)
Far from Home
Grammar Links Basic
Fictional Flights
Thriving!
A que sí
Navigating Your Future
Personal Expressions (cover too)
Thinking Critically, Writing Thoughtfully
Stories to Tell Our Children
English Works
De lector a escritor (cover too)
The Canterbury Tales
Rhythms of Writing
MCGRAW-HILL, 1996; freelance book designer
Personality Theories (design only)
(interior)
Great Sentences
Educational Administration
Great Paragraphs
Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Study Guide
Great Essays
Getting the Message Across
DAVIS PUBLICATIONS, 1985‒97; freelance book
designer; compositor of five most-recent titles
ALLYN AND BACON, 1996‒00; freelance book
designer (interior) and compositor African Arts & Cultures (cover and interior)
Native American Arts & Cultures (cover and interior)
Rhetorical Grammar
Design & Drawing (interior)
English Grammar
Basic Printmaking Techniques (interior)
Exercises for Understanding English Grammar
Sculpting Wood (cover and interior)
Understanding English Grammar
Exploring Painting (cover and interior)
Multicultural Education
The Photographic Eye (cover and interior)
HEINEMANN, 1996‒00; freelance book designer
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING,
and compositor
1999‒08; Credits too numerous to list. I did the
Writing Rules! (interior)
composition for an average of eight titles per year
Hit Enter (interior)
for ten years. I designed the following titles:
The Young Author Festival Handbook (interior)
The Knowing-Doing Gap, (composition too)
Look—and Learn! (interior)
Blown to Bits, interior
Kids on the ’Net (interior)
Walk this Way! (interior)
BUTTERWORTH PUBLISHERS, 1988‒89; freelance
The Treasured Mailbox (cover and interior)
book designer, mechanical artist
The Magical Classroom (cover and interior)
for Focal Press: Light—Science & Magic (cover and interior)
Write-a-thon (cover and interior)
The Publishing Center (cover and interior)
CHARLES E. TUTTLE CO., INC., 1993‒95; freelance
Inside the Classroom (cover and interior)
book designer and compositor
HEINLE & HEINLE, 1990‒98; freelance book Simple Ways to Wellness (interior)
designer (interior) and compositor Haiku Moment (cover)
Writing Workshop
SHEN’S BOOKS, 1996; freelance book designer and
New Grammar in Action, Books 1, 2 and 3
compositor
Developing Composition Skills
Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella (cover and interior)
Grammar Dimensions, interior (design only)
One Step at a Time, Levels 1 and 2
HARTFORD SEMINARY, 1993‒94; freelance book
Refining Composition Skills, 4th ed.
designer (cover and interior) and compositor
The Multicultural Workshop (boxed set of reading cards)
The Multicultural Workshop, Books 1, 2 and 3 The Illuminated Manuscripts of Hartford Seminary
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