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When You Reach Me: Czech Style



This morning I found this great surprise in my (e)mailbox: the Czech cover for When You Reach me (Argo). I find it beguiling and beautiful. If you look closely, you will see that it's made to appear drawn on loose-leaf paper, complete with smudges. And look at my name - Steadova! with an accent! (My last name is Welsh, but I am Russian and Hungarian on my mom's side, so I love this mash-up.)







BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.

There's also a series of amazing illustrations inside the book, by the artist Nikkarin. I think this makes the Argo edition my first-ever illustrated novel, something I have dreamed about.

Meanwhile, I'm happy to say that some day I WILL have another novel published by Wendy Lamb Books (next fall, we hope). We are just now hashing out a lot of fun stuff like final edits, the title, and the cover. As lots of you probably know, a book's cover is designed by an art director (in our case, the wonderful Kate Gartner at Random House), not the editor or the author. I haven't yet seen sketches for the new book, but this infusion of art from Argo has me very excited.

Comments

BOB BOYLE said…
Wow! What a great surprise!

It's nice how the illustrations are so detailed yet still impressionistic in a sense. They leave enough room for the reader to apply their own vision of the characters and locations.

Nice!
Tara Lazar said…
Awesome! I want a copy of this version!
James Kennedy said…
Good Lord. The illustrations and design are gorgeous.
Anonymous said…
that is great! the illustrations are wonderful and detailed! i love when you reach me. i just did a book report on it.it was called why is this book a newbery? loved the book. i want this copy.
Nikkarin said…
Hi,
im very glad that you like these pictures. Its a great book and working on it was really fun.

Nikkarin