Donna Payne

Donna is Faber & Faber's Creative Director

Since graduating in 1993, Donna has worked in most areas of publishing design. Beginning her career as a freelance non-fiction designer of Illustrated Books at Reed and progressing to a Senior Design role in Children's publishing at Egmont Books.

Donna's move into freelance Trade Fiction Design lead to her joining Faber as Art Director in 2005, creating an in-house team that thrives on delivering consistently excellent work across a diverse range of genres, often taking inspiration from Faber's extensive archive.

Donna has Art Directed many leading photographers and illustrators and regularly presents lectures on Book Design to students and at literary events. Donna was recently made Creative Director in recognition of her work on Faber's recent rebrand in print and online.