Joe McLaren and Phoebe Morgan Book Jackets - The Story Behind the Cover

Readers make instant decisions about whether they feel a book is for them. A cover needs to express immediately the genre, whether it’s light or literary and so much more. Discover the conversations that go on behind this critically important publishing decision from the point of view of an editor and a book jacket designer. Phoebe is an author and editorial director, currently working on the Hodder crime and thriller team. Joe designed the cover for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel James by Percival Everett.

Talking to Clare Clark