Lisa M. Stasse's debut young adult novel,
The Forsaken, has a cover that seems to me to be a throwback and something from the future all at once. COOL. She talked to me for B&N's Unabashedly Bookish blog, and here's an exerpt from our conversation:
"The final cover of
The Forsaken far exceeded my expectations! I always wanted something that reflected the sci-fi/thriller aspects of the novel, and captured the ominous feel of the book (in which the heroine is sent to a mysterious prison island). But I didn't have anything specific in mind. I just wanted something that would look really gorgeous and unique on the shelves.
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"They didn't really ask for much input. But they told me early on that Lizzy Bromley would be designing the cover, which made me really excited. I had seen some of Lizzy's other covers (including
Wither by Lauren DeStefano, right) so I knew that I loved her work. There are some really cool covers on her
website (including a great one for the upcoming novel
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans, left)...
Read the rest of Lisa's Cover Story at
Unabashedly Bookish, and check out our own
Little Willow's interview with her too, where you'll find out about being a Holographic Librarian.