Greta D. Sibley is a freelance book designer and compositor based in western Massachusetts. Over her 35+ year career, she has designed and produced books for numerous publishers, including Shambhala Publications, Houghton Mifflin, Little Brown, and Harvard University Press. Her work has won awards and is held in the collections of libraries like Dartmouth College and the New York Public Library. She has expertise in book design, production management, and creating limited edition handbound books.

1. Greta D. Sibley One Cottage Street #5
Easthampton, MA 01027
413-529-0070–•–fax 413-529-0071
greta.sibley@mac.com
Objective New England Book Show
◆–to secure work designing and producing books I designed the following books that placed in the
New England Book Show:
Skills & Services ◆–The Art of War, Shambhala
◆–book design and composition ◆–The Woman’s Book of Yoga and Health, Shambhala
◆–production management ◆–Lux Dei, Small Offerings Press
◆–production of handbound limited editions ◆–Daughters, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
◆–Shared Silence, Small Offerings Press
Experience ◆–Basic Printmaking Techniques, Davis Publications
My career began in 1979 in Seoul, Korea, where I started ◆–Design & Drawing, Davis Publications
a publishing and design company. I learned the mechan- ◆–The Photographic Eye, Davis Publications
ics and creative possibilities of color reproduction, exper- ◆–Exploring Painting, Davis Publications
imenting with a wide range of design styles, publication
formats, and production techniques. Since returning to Collections
the United States in 1983, I have been working freelance, The rare book libraries of the following institutions
based in Connecticut and Massachusetts. have purchased copies of my Small Offerings Press
A list of individual credits follows. Some of the pub- handmade limited editions: Dartmouth College;
lishers with whom I work or have worked include: Michigan State University; New York Public Library;
◆–Shambhala Publications Purdue University; Rochester Institute of Technology;
◆–Houghton Mifflin (College, Juvenile, and Skidmore College; University of California Santa
Adult Trade Divisions) Barbara; University of Minnesota; University of Utah;
◆–HarperOne University of Vermont; Wellesley College; West Virginia
◆–Hachette Book Group (Little, Brown and University
Grand Central)
◆–Harvard University Press References
◆–Addison-Wesley ◆–Melissa Lotfy, Art Director (Adult Trade), Houghton
◆–Perseus Books Mifflin Harcourt, 617•351•5991
◆–Allyn & Bacon ◆–Steve Dyer, Art Director (retired), Shambhala
◆–Heinle & Heinle Publications, 781• 402• 0191
◆–Davis Publications ◆–Lora Zorian, Art Director, Shambhala Publications,
617 • 424• 0030 ext. 243
Education ◆–Amy Carlisle, Managing Editor (Juvenile Trade),
B.A. in Print Media and Korean Studies, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 212•420•5896
summa cum laude, University of Hartford ◆–Gail Straub, Publisher, High Point, 845 • 331 • 1312

2. Selected Credits
SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS, 2000‒ ; SMALL OFFERINGS PRESS, 1986‒ ; publisher
Below is a selected list of titles for which I did both Four Chambers, Five Nights, handbound, limited edition,
the interior design and composition: 21 copies
Playful Learning Lux Dei, handbound, limited edition, 350 copies
Bridge of Waves Tea: Time in Korea, handbound, limited edition, 26 copies
Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right-Brain World Shared Silence, handbound, limited edition, 150 copies
The Five Ways We Grieve Exile & the Journey Home, handbound, limited edition,
The Art of War 300 copies
The Experience of Sam¯dhi
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Mindfully Green HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ADULT TRADE, 2010– ;
The Gnostics and Their Scriptures book designer (interior) and compositor
When the Past is Present The Back Chamber
Treasures of the Sakya Lineage Imaginary Logic
The Happiness Trap What There Is to Say We Have Said
On Becoming an Alchemist A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism
Creative Recovery The Lucky Ones
Animals Matter
Muscular Retraining for Pain-Free Living LITTLE, BROWN (HACHETTE BOOK GROUP),
Budo Mind and Body 2008‒ ; book designer (interior) and compositor
The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations
Grandmothers Counsel the World A Lucky Child
Everyday Holiness The Magician’s Book
Angelic Mistakes
Ens¯o GRAND CENTRAL (HACHETTE BOOK GROUP),
The Book of Five Rings 2008‒ ; freelance book designer (interior) and
The True Dharma Eye compositor
Tao Te Ching Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz
Hooked! Hungry Woman in Paris
Living, Dreaming, Dying
Yoga for Healthy Bones HARPERONE, 2008‒ ; book designer (interior)
Yoga for a Healthy Menstrual Cycle and compositor
The Gnostic Bible Our Greatest Gift
Native Foods Restaurant Cookbook Words for Your Wedding
In Buddha’s Kitchen
Ki and the Way of the Martial Arts FIFTY-FIFTY PUBLISHERS, 2008‒09; freelance book
The Woman’s Book of Yoga and Health designer (cover and interior) and compositor
Soul’s Palette Pond Poems, Etcetera
The Yoga of Breath
The Places That Scare You HIGH POINT, 2008; freelance book designer
(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:
The Jewish Enemy (composition too) CAVANKERRY BOOKS, 2001; book designer (interior)
Among Empires and compositor
Out of the Woods Carolyn Kizer: Perspectives on Her Life and Work
Greta D. Sibley ◆ 413-529-0070

3. ADDISON-WESLEY/PERSEUS BOOKS, 1993‒99; BELL TOWER, 1989‒90; photographer, freelance book
book designer (interior) and compositor designer (interior)
Respect Being Home
Silicon Sky (design only)
International Jobs HEINEMANN, 1996‒00; freelance book designer
Insisting on the Impossible and compositor
Trespassing Writing Rules! (interior)
Working Fathers Hit Enter (interior)
Lessons and Legacies The Young Author Festival Handbook (interior)
Walking towards Walden Look—and Learn! (interior)
I’ve Known Rivers Kids on the ’Net (interior)
Daughters Walk this Way! (interior)
The Straight Path The Treasured Mailbox (cover and interior)
The Magical Classroom (cover and interior)
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COLLEGE, 1996–03; Write-a-thon (cover and interior)
freelance book designer (interior) and compositor The Publishing Center (cover and interior)
Grammar Links Basic Inside the Classroom (cover and interior)
Thriving!
Navigating Your Future HEINLE & HEINLE, 1990‒98; freelance book
Thinking Critically, Writing Thoughtfully designer (interior) and compositor
English Works Writing Workshop
The Canterbury Tales New Grammar in Action, Books 1, 2 and 3
Rhythms of Writing Developing Composition Skills
Personality Theories (design only) Grammar Dimensions, interior (design only)
Great Sentences One Step at a Time, Levels 1 and 2
Great Paragraphs Refining Composition Skills, 4th ed.
Great Essays The Multicultural Workshop (boxed set of reading cards)
Getting the Message Across The Multicultural Workshop, Books 1, 2 and 3
De paseo, interior (design only)
MCGRAW-HILL, 1996; freelance book designer La pluma mágica, interior (composition only)
(interior) Far from Home
Educational Administration Fictional Flights
Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Study Guide A que sí
Personal Expressions (cover too)
CHARLES E. TUTTLE CO., INC., 1993‒95; freelance Stories to Tell Our Children
book designer and compositor De lector a escritor (cover too)
Simple Ways to Wellness (interior)
Haiku Moment (cover) DAVIS PUBLICATIONS, 1985‒97; freelance book
designer; compositor of five most-recent titles
ALLYN AND BACON, 1996‒00; freelance book African Arts & Cultures (cover and interior)
designer (interior) and compositor 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)
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