Head Design @head_design
Book cover design, photography and illustration headdesign.co.uk London Joined March 2014-
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Time for a #coverreveal round up! We've revealed some fabulous covers in the last couple of months. So we'd like to celebrate our cover artists and designers: our very own Sam Gretton & @gemsheldrake, alongside @amazing15design, @head_design, Black Sheep & Holly MacDonald!
@TeaLeaves_Reads @HeraBooks @MJWhite13 @HardmanSwainson Thanks as always to the amazing @head_design for the brilliant cover, which I’m over the moon with! The full artwork is below - such a gorgeous design! waterstones.com/book/the-unspo… #Books #CrimeFiction
My fourth Dr Cora Lael crime-thriller, #TheDeadlyEchoes, is out next Thursday (6th June). I’m so proud of this book! A huge thank you to the brilliant @head_design for the STUNNING cover. Here it is in all its glory!👇🏼 Preorder: geni.us/hjCGZm8 tealeavesandreads.co.uk/product/the-de…
No matter what you say, we know readers really do judge books by their covers. So thank you to our fantastic cover designers (both in-house & freelance), for your beautiful art, that helps to showcase so many wonderful stories. Happy #WorldBookDay to you! Artist Credits below🧵
linktr.ee/theestatehb And here we have it, THE ESTATE #TheEstate! My big thriller for this summer! 💥 Ready to preorder NOW! Just click on the link above to pick your preferred platform. 🤩💥 @emma_fairey @CottonFinn @TransworldBooks #WednesdayMotivation Pls RT 👇💥
Thrilled to share the cover for #Clickbait – my new L.C. North novel coming April 2024!!! 📺A reality TV family. 📷A missing teen who disappeared after one of their parties 20yrs ago. 🎙️A Youtuber journalist who'll stop at nothing to get the truth. linktr.ee/clickbaitbook
I'm THRILLED to share the official jacket for #TheNightInQuestion. I LOVE it! The perfect start to Florrie's adventure ... 💗 Thank you to @head_design for their magic and to Gavin at @MoonAgeMedia for the video. You have made this writer so happy x @TransworldBooks (Out 18/4)
📚COVER REVEAL!📚 If you enjoyed @KDayshAuthor's #Leeward, then don't miss the return of Courtney and Nightingale in book two, #TheDevilToPay ⚓ A thrilling queer adventure on the High Seas, publishing on 4 April and available to pre-order now 👉 geni.us/TDTP
📢LOOK AT THIS!📢 So excited to share the paperback cover of #TheUglyTruth! OUT 04.01.24 from @TransworldBooks Whose side are you on? #SaveMelanie #HelpPeter
Today we're excited to be revealing the cover of NORDIC VISIONS, an anthology of Nordic contemporary speculative fiction edited by Margrét Helgadóttir and published by Solaris Read more here: wp.me/p8ZX5L-4yI @Solarisbooks @Rebellion @MaHelgad @JessGofton
VERY exciting bookpost! The new one from @HaningtonPhan #TheBurningTime out in July from @BaskervilleJMP. Can’t wait to get started on this.
📚COVER REVEAL!📚 Setting sail on 19 Oct, join @jmhewitt's #TheCrew aboard superyacht Ananke, where, amongst the sunshine and the luxury, dark secrets and obsession lurks 👀 Pre-order now available for this new escapist #PsychologicalThriller 👉 geni.us/TheCrewNovel
📚 COVER REVEAL! 📚 #NewDreamsAtPolkerranPoint is the charming new Cornish cosy #Romance by @CassGrafton, filled with seaside antics, barmy locals and a hot historian!💖 Publishing on 21 Sept and available to pre-order now👉 geni.us/NDAPP #Romancebooks #RomanceReaders
Happy publication day to Michelle McDonagh! Her compelling, page-turning debut novel There's Something I Have to Tell You is out now! @michellemcd @LisaRichardsLtd
📚 COVER REVEAL! 📚 Gracchus & Vanderville return in #BloodOnTheTiber, the engrossing new instalment in @BMHoward1797's compelling historical mystery series. Publishing on 10 Aug and available to pre-order now 👉 geni.us/BloodOnTheTiber #HistoricalFiction
On this day in 1566, David Rizzio was brutally murdered. 🗡️🩸He was the secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, and this remarkable story is told with flair by Denise Mina in her book Rizzio. Order yours here: birlinn.co.uk/product/rizzio…
Happy Publication Day to @CharlylynnCox for The Dying Place! Alyssa Wyatt is back, and this time, she's hunting down the most twisted killer of her career. Cancel your plans and lock the door, because this one is SERIOUSLY gripping! Out today in e/pb! linktr.ee/herabooks
One month today, my third #CoraLael crime-thriller will be published - and the pre-P-Day Butterflies of Dooom have massively kicked in. I’m told something called PREORDERS are the best remedy for the pesky blighters…? 🤔☺️ Help a nervous author! linktr.ee/leavenotracebo…
A perfect thriller cover 😍💛 📸: Jaroslaw Blaminsky 👨🎨: David Grogan @head_design 📚: Transworld @PenguinUKBooks ✍️: @LesleyKara
We've given the first book in the DS Mumtaz Ali London #detective series a stunning new look and a new title 👀Out May in e/pb! AMZ: amzn.to/3Xsgoum Apple: bit.ly/3CTELJn Kobo: bit.ly/3HcayYT WS: bit.ly/3HaM7ed Hive: bit.ly/3HbqR8f
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