Is There An App for That?

No, really, I’m asking: does anybody know of a simple, free (ish) niche app to create (writer’s promo) images like this one, which Louise G. White posted on twitter:

Louise used Photoshop, which is awesome, the gold standard, and so forth, but fails both my requirements, being neither simple nor cheap.

Tagged: book promotion, graphics apps, indie authors, marketing, Photoshop, self-publishing