And it says all the ands we were originally hoping to capture!"Īdam Silvera: When you saw the final cover, did you-like Ken-think it screamed Mosquitoland ? David Arnold: Absolutely! I'd always envisioned an illustrated cover for Mim. And when our wonderful design team finished putting together this magnificent cover, all thoughts of mosquitos and grizzlies were gone. When I saw the artist’s portfolio, I knew he could capture the feeling of the book. There were other covers in between-everything from Mim’s therapist’s taxidermied grizzly bear to bright, psychedelic designs-but we finally landed on showing the road trip narrative in an illustrated style that will appeal to teen readers as well as adults. But none of them helped tell Mim’s story, so eventually we heavy-heartedly changed directions. We had one big mosquito, multiple small mosquitos, even a squashed mosquito. I originally really wanted a mosquito on the cover. So that posed a challenge in terms of cover design. It’s also both hilarious and heartbreaking, and will certainly appeal to teens and adults. "When I first read Mosquitoland on submission, I knew it was that rare novel that straddles the very, very thin line between literary and commercial.
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