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Brief
The idea narrowed down to one image the book can hang on.
Author No. 02 · joined 2013
HANZALA
KHAN
AuthorIllustratorCovers02 titles
Hanzala builds books from the outside in — cover systems, character art, and the odd creature between the chapters.
A cover usually comes first: a shape, a colour, a face that has to carry the whole shelf. The manuscript is written toward that image and the art inside grows out of the same set of marks.
The result is a run of books that look like they belong together without looking the same — a house style you can feel more than name. Placeholder biography — edit with Hanzala’s own words.
Cape Town, 2025
Titles2
Illustrations5
With Tequp13 yrs
THE PROCESS
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System
Type, palette and marks set so the whole series holds together.
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Cover
Built to final art, then the interior grows from the same hand.
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Print
Proofs checked on paper, on press, in person.
SELECTED TITLES
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ILLUSTRATION WORK
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SELECTED PRESS
“A cover designer who writes — the books arrive already knowing what they look like.”
Placeholder quote · Review outlet · 2025
“The creatures in the margins are worth the price on their own.”
Placeholder quote · Literary supplement · 2024
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Shortlist · 2024
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Winner · 2021
Representation
Hanzala is represented directly by the studio for all territories, plus cover and illustration commissions.
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