Last week, I found out The Dead Whisper On is now a finalist for the best book cover in the First Annual Evangelical Christian Publishers Association/Dickinson Press Book Cover Award. Even more interesting, it's the only fiction title selected as a finalist.

I can brag about this honor, because it really has nothing to do with me; congrats go to Bethany House Publishers and Studio Gearbox, the cover design firm. According to the ECPA, finalists were selected based on "the target book reader's characteristics and the design components used to match those characteristics (subject matter, images, font treatment, color palette, and title)." I think it's easy to see why DWO's cover was selected--really, the title, design, images, and overall treatment do a wonderful job of conveying the kind of story contained inside. I'm pretty sure no one picks up the book, expecting to read a nice prairie romance.

And hey, a big old tip of the lid to the ECPA for adding something so--well, creepy--to its list of finalists. Who woulda thunk it?