Robert Aulicino was the Executive Art Director in the adult trade divisions at Random House, and the Hearst Corporation Book Group (Hearst Books, William Morrow & Co.) designing books by authors such as Richard Nixon, Nancy Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Tip O’Neill, Sam Donaldson, the staff of 60 Minutes, Donald Trump, Norman Mailer, James Michener, Truman Capote, George Plimpton, Wallace Stegner, William Styron, E. L. Doctorow (author of Ragtime), Robert Ludlum, Maya Angelou, Philip Roth, Robert Penn Warren, V. S. Pritchett, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Gore Vidal, Mario Puzo, Peter Benchley (author of Jaws), Carl Sagan (Cosmos), Anna Quindlen, Tom Hayden, Ann Beattie, Tom Peters (author of In Search of Excellence), Carol Burnett, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Joe Paterno, Tom Watson, The AMA, General Mills (The Betty Crocker International Cookbook), PBS, The U. S. Golf Association,The New York Yankees, the New York Times, John Irving, Sidney Sheldon, Joseph Wambaugh, Ken Blanchard (author of The One-Minute Manager), Dan Rather,Trisha Yearwood, Denis Waitely, Richard Bach (author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull), Lawrence Block, Faye Kellerman, Deborah Tannen, The Mayo Clinic, Jeff Smith (The Frugal Gourmet), and Paul Prudhomme. For the past fifteen years Robert has had his own design office, working with small and independent publishers. Using his New York publishing experience and having designed over 3500 covers, he can make your next book look as important as it should. The competition for shelf space is so intense a good cover can make a difference in how or even if your book is displayed.   Click To See Covers In These Categories .