Cover Creation: The Bridge to Belle Island

I always enjoy getting a behind-the-scenes peek at how book covers are created. Here is a video and a few photos that describe the cover design process for my newest novel, The Bridge to Belle Island. I hope you enjoy them as I did. First a 3-minute video. Turn up your volume control!

Publicist Amy Green (Bethany House Publishers) describes the cover design process for the new novel, The Bridge to Belle Island.

Once the design direction is chosen, designer Jennifer Parker hires a model based on my character description and rents or buys a costume and any needed props. Below you can see the stylist, Tessa, transforming the model from a modern-day woman into a Regency heroine as the photographer looks on.

Below (left) photographer Mike regards our model through his view finder. On the right, designer Jennifer reviews an early shot.

Next, here are a few outtakes from the photo shoot. (Note: we considered having the model hold a basket—baskets play a role in the book—but in the end decided it was too reminiscent of “Red Riding Hood.”