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  <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Chip Kidd is an American author, editor and graphic designer, best known for his innovative book covers.
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Kidd grew up in a Philadelphia suburb, strongly influenced by American popular culture. While a design student at Penn State, an art instructor once gave the assignment to design a book cover for Museums and Women by John Updike, who is also a Shillington native. The teacher panned Kidd's work in front of the class, suggesting that book design would not be a good career choice for him. However, Kidd later received professional assignments to design covers for Memories of the Ford Administration and other books by Updike.
Kidd is currently associate art director at Knopf, an imprint of Random House. He first joined the Knopf design team in 1986, when he was hired as a junior assistant by Sara Eisenman. Publishers Weekly described his book jackets as &quot;creepy, striking, sly, smart, unpredictable covers that make readers appreciate books as objects of art as well as literature.&quot; USA Today called him &quot;the closest thing to a rock star&quot; in graphic design today, while author James Ellroy has called him “the world’s greatest book-jacket designer.” ]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Reading, Pennsylvania</hometown>  <born_at>01/01/1964</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1529</ratings_count>
  <published>2001</published>  
  
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        <book id="1806786">
  <title><![CDATA[The Learners: A Novel]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.49</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>463</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
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        <book id="154666">
  <title><![CDATA[Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.41</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>200</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
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        <book id="7077142">
  <title><![CDATA[Mythology]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Spear]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1838801]]></link>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <ratings_count>0</ratings_count>
  <published>2003</published>  
  
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        <book id="866535">
  <title><![CDATA[Peanuts: the art of Charles M. Schulz]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jean Schulz]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.39</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>28</ratings_count>
  <published>2001</published>  
  
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        <book id="3135895">
  <title><![CDATA[Watching the Watchmen]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.98</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>139</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Batman Animated]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.37</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>83</ratings_count>
  <published>1998</published>  
  
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        <book id="154669">
  <title><![CDATA[Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>70</ratings_count>
  <published>2001</published>  
  
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        <book id="2841732">
  <title><![CDATA[Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.74</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>54</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
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        <book id="697321">
  <title><![CDATA[Bizarro Comics]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dylan Horrocks]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Will Pfeifer]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tony Millionaire]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Liz Glass]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dean Haspiel]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jill Thompson]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bill Wray]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nick Bertozzi]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kyle Baker]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tom Hart]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mark Crilley]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Pat McEown]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jeff Smith]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jason Little]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Evan Dorkin]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jessica Abel]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gilbert Hernandez]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Dave Cooper]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Stephen DeStefano]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Paul Pope]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Andy Merrill]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sam Henderson]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Fingerman]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Andi Watson]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Eddie Campbell]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Craig Thompson]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[D'Israeli]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roger Langridge]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Kochalka]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Superman: Complete History - Sixty Years of the Man of Steel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Batman Collected]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>15</ratings_count>
  <published>1996</published>  
  
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        <book id="591089">
  <title><![CDATA[The Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16114.Chip_Kidd]]></link>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Spear]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/84279]]></link>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.91</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>11</ratings_count>
  <published>2001</published>  
  
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        <book id="154670">
  <title><![CDATA[Batman Masterpiece Edition: The Caped Crusader's Golden Age]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.12</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <published>2000</published>  
  
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        <book id="75423">
  <title><![CDATA[Graphic Design America 2: The work of many of the best and brightest design firms from across the United States]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16114.Chip_Kidd]]></link>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Chip Kidd]]></name>
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  <average_rating>0.0</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>0</ratings_count>
  <published>1997</published>  
  
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