![]() ![]() Calla's face is just as I imagined it people sometimes ask me about the makeup she's wearing because Calla doesn't wear makeup. It fits the book perfectly-it's alluring, mysterious and dangerous. "I couldn't be happier with the Nightshade cover. "Suza Scalora did a photo shoot with a model. The blood drop was a bit longer, we made sure the 't' in Nightshade resembled the tattoo on Shay's neck and Calla's eye went from green to gold. "The cover didn't change much from the original version. My editor got to drip the blood on the flowers herself! To be honest I wasn't sure how I'd feel about having a face on the cover, but Suza and the art director at Penguin, Linda, absolutely nailed it. It was different then anything I'd imagined, but I couldn't love it more. "I gasped when I saw the cover, as it was so, so beautiful. ![]() ![]() "My publisher did ask for input and at first we were going for the wolves, shadows, blood thing, but then they found Suza Scalora's art-she's the photographer who shot the cover-and we all loved it so we switched gears and focused on finding a model who could be transformed into Calla for the cover. I envisioned a more abstract cover than the image we ended up with. "I had a couple of ideas for the cover-one involved wolves, shadows, and blood the other was that it would feature the Elemental Cross, an image that plays an important role in the series. Everyone is raving about Andrea Cremer's Nightshade, and I need to read it! The cover is enchanting, so at least I've got the scoop on that. ![]()
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