About
Katie Bolin
Founder & Web Designer
Design for Authors is a boutique creative agency for authors. Founded by designer Katie Bolin in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mission
My mission is always to build & design author websites that are beautiful, modern, and easy-to-use.
A problem-solver at heart, I take on each project with enthusiasm and years of digital design expertise. Whether you want to sell books or merch directly to readers, start a blog, or set up your site for publisher campaigns—I’ve got you covered with it all.
Bio
Katie Bolin is a web designer and digital marketing expert based in Minneapolis, MN.
Before founding her first business Sweet Reach Media in 2016, she spent years learning a wide range of strategies of the digital marketing space. From her early career as a freelance journalist to designing various agency marketing campaigns for Twin Cities-based brands, she learned quickly that the key to any brand’s success online (and in the real world) is a strong web presence and a great website.
Years of working with authors in the self-publishing industry inspired Katie to found Design for Authors, a full-service website design and advertising agency exclusively tailored for authors. She’s built websites for traditional and self-published authors, best-selling authors, Buddhist monks, memoirs, fantasy—you name it.
“Katharine was great to work with! I highly recommend working with this professional. My website turned out better than I expected. I didn't want a stereotypical author website and Katharine was able to do what I was going for.”
Diahanna Hampton, November 2023
“Katharine (Katie) did a phenomenal job with my website. From her aesthetic design sense to her technical know-how, Katie's work exceeded my expectations every step of the way.”
Molly Winter, November 2023
“I thank Katie for designing what I had envisioned but I could not do. She brought my vision to fruition with the attentiveness, expertise, and care that was not only spawned out of professionalism but nurtured in a caring heart.”
Leon E. Pettiway, The Venerable Lobzang Dorje, August 2023
“I found Katie easy to work with and the quality of her work was excellent.”
Peter Benedict, January 2022