Julia Rothman is a pattern designer and illustrator in Brooklyn. Her pattern designs can be seen on products for companies such as Urban Outfitters and Garnet Hill. She has her own line of letterpress stationery and wallpaper. Her illustrations can be found in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan magazine and on a poster displayed throughout New York's subway system. Her blog, Book By Its Cover, gets on average about 4,500 daily unique readers.