Announcing the winners!

Good morning, all! (Well, quarter of an hour after morning here, but I'm *almost* on schedule.) I was delighted that so many people took the time to enter my little comp and give me their thoughts on my cover art. My random name-picker chose one winner from LJ comments and one from my FB, so that was good, and the lucky recipients of a signed copy of Scrap Metal will be... *drum roll*...

Chrysalis 1975 and Rose Wynne!

Congratulations, both. If you don't mind letting me have your land addresses, I'll get those copies packaged up and into the post to you. Email me at harperfox777@yahoo.co.uk, or you can PM me on FB if you prefer.

This was a fascinating exercise for me. Th Brothers of the Wild North Se cover came out as a clear favourite, wit Half Moon Chamber a close second, and then Scrap Metal, A Midwinter Prince and Nine Lights tying for third. I wasn't too surprised tha Brother was such a hit with you. It's a complete departure for my cover art, more a "scene" than a depiction of the protags, and Kanaxa did such a stunning job with those evocative colours and the background.Half Moon Chamber is very close to my heart, so it was nice to see so many votes for Lou Harper's work there. My own personal favourite so far i A Midwinter Priince. This is in part because the book has been out for a long time, but when I released it through FoxTales, I had a chance at last to work with Lou and finally put faces to Laurie and Sasha. I know everyone has their own vision of the guys I write about - that's part of the charm for me! - and I can see how a cover that avoids direct depiction allows a reader's imagination to have full and uninterrupted play over how they look. But the AMP cover kind of filled a blank i m imagination, which is odd, because (last time I checked) that's where Laurie and Sasha had their beginnings. Still, I rejoiced over it, printed it out, used it as a desktop and was so pleased to have it as the cover for my first FoxTales paperback!

Thank you again for commenting and for the many, many thoughtful things you said. I wish I had time to talk to each one of you personally about the points you raised. This was great fun for me, and again, congrats to Chrysalis and Rose!