IAN FALCONER was born in
Connecticut in 1959 and now lives in
Greenwich Village, in Manhattan. His
children’s books starring Olivia, which he
began as a present to his niece, earned him
the Caldecott Medal and a Gold Award
from Parents’ Choice. He has designed
sets and costumes for operas and theaters
including the Royal Opera Covent Garden
and Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet. Since
1996, he has done twenty-nine New
Yorker covers. For him, doing covers for
The New Yorker “can be a joy . . . depend-
ing on the taste and sense of humor (or
lack thereof) of the current editor.”

CARTER GOODRICH lives and
works in Los Angeles. Since 1995, he
has been an art director and character
designer for many animated features,
including The Prince of Egypt; Finding
Nemo; Monsters, Inc.; and Despicable Me.
After four nominations, his designs for
Ratatouille won him the Annie Award in
2007. Since 1994, Goodrich has done
sixteen New Yorker covers. For him, do-
ing covers for The New Yorker is “a way
to still claim the city as home, even from
three thousand miles away.”

ANA JUAN was born in Valencia,
Spain, in 1961 and currently lives in
Madrid. Her work has appeared through-
out the U.S., Europe, and Asia and is
regularly published in El País. Juan’s
illustrated books and children’s books
include The Night Eater, which won the
Ezra Jack Keats Award. In 2011, Juan
won the National Illustration Award
given by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
Juan has done nineteen New Yorker covers
since 1995. For Juan, doing covers for
The New Yorker is “a challenge.”

GREG FOLEY was born in 1969 and
currently resides in New York City. His
designs have been exhibited at MoMA
and at Paris’s Pompidou Center. He’s the
author of the award-winning children’s
books The Willoughby and the Lion and
the Thank You Bear series. He was a
Grammy nominee for Best Recording
Package for Release by the Pet Shop Boys.
He’s the creative director of Visionaire,
V Magazine, and VMAN. Foley started
submitting work to The New Yorker in
2011. For him, doing covers for The New
Yorker would be “even better than doing
covers of Abba songs.”

MARCELLUS HALL was born in
Minneapolis and now lives in New
York City. His work regularly appears
in publications such as The Wall Street
Journal, The Atlantic, and The New York
Times. He has illustrated children’s books
for Abrams and Simon & Schuster. As
a musician, he has recorded with the
bands Railroad Jerk and White Hassle,
and released a solo album, The First Line,
on Glacial Pace Recordings in 2011.
Hall has done two New Yorker covers.
For him, The New Yorker is “the only job
where the prestige rivals the payment.”

ANITA KUNZ was born in 1956 in
Toronto, where she currently resides. Her
work is regularly published in TIME,
Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and many
other publications. Kunz was the first
Canadian, and the first woman, to have
a solo show at the Library of Congress’s
Swann Gallery. She was appointed an
Officer of the Order of Canada and won
a lifetime achievement award from the
Advertising and Design Club of Canada.
She’s done eleven covers for The New
Yorker, the first one in 1995. For Kunz,
doing covers for The New Yorker is “a
great way to contribute to a wider con-
versation about politics and culture.”

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