Q. What is the story behind Night Shift’s book cover?

A. My son, Stephen, has taken a couple basic courses in graphic design, so I asked him if he’d like to work with me on the cover for Night Shift.  We wanted to portray a night scene – to go along with the title, obviously.  But night scenes can be tricky to pull off in print and media, for the very fact that they don’t reveal much to the eye. 

 

So Stephen chose a city skyline.  We won’t reveal which one, though he picked one not so universally recognizable as the Twin Towers or the Sears Tower.  Then he reversed the photograph to disguise it even more and then turned it into a blackened silhouette.  

So I guess we carried the theme of disguise to the cover as well.  He’s done an excellent job.  I’ve already had requests for poster-sized copies and we are thinking of a theme with that cover and specific quotes from the book to produce as a set and sell for missions conventions.