- Designed by
- Jess Cruickshank, Hazel Lam, Jessica Cruickshank
- Category
- Best Designed Children's Fiction Book
- Year
- 2019
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
About the Designer
Jess is an illustrator and letterer. Represented by Jacky Winter, she works mostly with clients in advertising and publishing. She has created covers for Hachette, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins and Smudge Publishing.
View profile- Design Rationale
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I was a huge childhood fan of Emily Rodda’s, so I was excited to work on this. The art direction was to make it a modern interpretation of a classic fairytale cover, lots of ornate details and type. I digitally illustrated the cover and endpapers including the marble which was hand generated. There was a lot of symbolism in the book, each illo on the front is a clue to what’s inside. The main cues came from the description of a book within the manuscript. The book was embellished with a red foil to make it special.
- Details
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- Dimensions
- 128 x 198 mm
- No. pages
- 288
- Special finishes
- Unlaminated Wibalin hardback with matte red foil and Gloss Spot UV Uncoated endpapers.
- Credits
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- Internal Design
- Hazel Lam
- Illustration
- Jessica Cruickshank
- Typesetting
- Kirby Jones
- Printing
- McPherson's Printing Group
- Author
- Emily Rodda
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