British Book Awards Designer of the Year 2022. Hugo Award finalist 2024 and 2025. Former Penguin Random House and HarperCollins designer.
Cover Designer
UK
About
Micaela Alcaino is one of the most decorated freelance book cover designers in the UK, having won the British Book Awards Designer of the Year in 2022 and been shortlisted again in 2024. A two-time Hugo Award finalist for Best Professional Artist (2024 and 2025), she spent eight years in-house at Penguin Random House UK and HarperCollins UK before going freelance in 2019. She is known for covers including The Binding by Bridget Collins, Ariadne, Pandora, and Empire of the Vampire. She works primarily with major publishing houses worldwide and takes a limited number of independent author projects. She is also a board member of Design Publishing Inclusivity.