COUNTDOWN   TO LAUNCH    .................... DAY 8. 

 

 

THE STORY BEHIND THE COVER ………THE JUDGE’S WIFE.

     Don't judge a book by its cover. That is the old saying, but doesn't everybody initially judge a book by its cover? In three seconds flat the cover will make that decision whether a reader wants to take it in to their hands and turn it over and flick through the pages.

The cover for The Judge’s Wife had to get across that this was a story spanning decades about a beautiful young woman who lived in Dublin, Ireland in the 50s and a terrible injustice done to her which reverberated through the decades.

The cover of my first novel The Ballroom Cafe was universally loved so it was a big challenge for Black and White Publishing to come up with a match.

But I am lucky to have in Black and White Publishing a publisher who will stop at nothing to get it right. I was also lucky enough that London designer Henry Steadman  could take on the job of designing The Judge’s Wife cover.

Without realising it, you are probably very familiar with Henry Steadman book covers. Think Dan Brown and De Vinci Code, think Lee Child and  a host of other top authors.

A photographer and designer, he was the man for the job.

And what a cover he produced. It had the style of the 1950s and the promise of more. Grace who loved designer Sybil Connolly would certainly have approved and the colours and mountains behind hinted at places far away.
The minute I saw it I knew it was just right and encapsulates everything the novel is about.

  That mint green dress; that face, the background; it  all  evokes an era the era when Grace and Vikram fell in love 1950s Dublin. What happened afterwards would affect the lives of many.

I am very proud of The Judge’s Wife and of the cover. I am also honoured to be in the company of  very fine authors who have had a cover designed by Henry Steadman.

And I am thrilled to say Henry Steadman has included   the cover of The Judge's Wife in his website portfolio. Have a look and you will see why I am so excited  to be included among such great names in storytelling and writing. Find Henry Steadman at http://www.henrysteadman.com/