Prize-winning literary author needs a book cover design

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by Tatlin on Sunday, May 3, 2015

1) book title
2) subtitle
3) Author name
4) book dimension
5) spine dimension
6) backtext
7) genre of the book

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Thank you for your clarifications


by Mehr on Sunday, May 3, 2015

1) book title
2) subtitle
3) Author name
4) book dimension
5) spine dimension
6) backtext
7) genre of the book


by Project Owner on Sunday, May 3, 2015

1. THE VERMILLION SEA
2. a race for the Transit of Venus
3. Marylee MacDonald
4. 6x9 inches
5. .75 inch
6. When a 1769 French expedition needs an artist, Noël seizes the opportunity, hoping to win fame and fortune by bringing back the first images of California. But can Noël, only sixteen and a dwarf, survive the rigors of the trip and the epidemic that greets the travelers when they make land? THE VERMILLION SEA is based on the true story of famed astronomer, Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche, his plucky 16-year-old draftsman, Jean Noël, and their treacherous journey to Baja California to observe the Transit of Venus.

A heartrending story of love, loss and the endurance of the human spirit.—Literary Fiction Book Review

MacDonald's savvy understanding of human relationships, and her lucid, vibrant, and ruggedly poetic prose, make for riveting stories you both can't put down...—Richard Lemm, University of Prince Edward Island

The story manages to soak the reader in a pleasingly foreign atmosphere while building a feeling of threat.
—Michael Signorelli, Editor, HarperCollins

The characters have a maddening way of making things more difficult for themselves...—The Kirkus Reviews

Marylee MacDonald is the author of MONTPELIER TOMORROW, THE RUG BAZAAR, and BONDS OF LOVE & BLOOD. Her fiction has won the Barry Hannah Prize, the Ron Rash Award, the Jeanne M. Leiby Chapbook Award, the American Literary Review Fiction Prize, and the Matt Clark Prize, among others.
7) genre is Literary Historical Fiction

Other writers might be Hilary Mantel, Sebastian Barry, Andrew Miller, or Esi Edugyan


by Project Owner on Sunday, May 3, 2015

1. THE VERMILLION SEA
2. a race for the Transit of Venus
3. Marylee MacDonald
4. 6x9 inches
5. .75 inch
6. When a 1769 French expedition needs an artist, Noël seizes the opportunity, hoping to win fame and fortune by bringing back the first images of California. But can Noël, only sixteen and a dwarf, survive the rigors of the trip and the epidemic that greets the travelers when they make land? THE VERMILLION SEA is based on the true story of famed astronomer, Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche, his plucky 16-year-old draftsman, Jean Noël, and their treacherous journey to Baja California to observe the Transit of Venus.

A heartrending story of love, loss and the endurance of the human spirit.—Literary Fiction Book Review

MacDonald's savvy understanding of human relationships, and her lucid, vibrant, and ruggedly poetic prose, make for riveting stories you both can't put down...—Richard Lemm, University of Prince Edward Island

The story manages to soak the reader in a pleasingly foreign atmosphere while building a feeling of threat.
—Michael Signorelli, Editor, HarperCollins

The characters have a maddening way of making things more difficult for themselves...—The Kirkus Reviews

Marylee MacDonald is the author of MONTPELIER TOMORROW, THE RUG BAZAAR, and BONDS OF LOVE & BLOOD. Her fiction has won the Barry Hannah Prize, the Ron Rash Award, the Jeanne M. Leiby Chapbook Award, the American Literary Review Fiction Prize, and the Matt Clark Prize, among others.
7) genre is Literary Historical Fiction

Other writers might be Hilary Mantel, Sebastian Barry, Andrew Miller, or Esi Edugyan


by Amy_Em on Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Any suggestions or comments on how you want the cover to look like? or some limits on the design?

Thanks,
Amy


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