IBPA Publishing University 2025

CB Messer is an Air Force veteran and award-winning illustrator and designer whose work has been featured by the American Red Cross, private enterprises throughout the tech and artisan communities, and U.S. Armed Forces units across the globe. Known for her evocative and mindful approach... Read More →

Lacey L. Bakker is a best-selling author and founder of Pandamonium Publishing House, an independent publishing company that has been helping authors bring their stories to life for nearly a decade. Lacey has a proven track record of guiding authors through every step of the process... Read More →

Melding a passion for design, printmaking, and photography with a background in science and engineering, Paul Nylander loves creating unique, well-crafted, and intriguing books. Collaborating with authors, artists, businesses, and small publishers, he attentively adapts their visions... Read More →

Claudine Mansour is a graphic designer specializing in publishing, marketing, logo, website, and music design. She’s been a publishing Art Director for the last 30 years working for all of the Big Five US publishing companies designing both fiction and nonfiction book covers and... Read More →