I recently had the absolute pleasure of designing the cover for award-winning writer and director Travis Betz’s debut novel Everyday Monsters. A book that takes the tropes of a traditional Young Adult story, its themes and elements, and blends them together to create a ridiculous, dark and hilarious book fitting for both YA and Adult Fiction readers alike.

As a book designer, every so often, a brief will land in your inbox where you are itching to get your ideas to page before you’ve even finished reading the brief, the synopsis, or even the manuscript. One that sparks creativity and a need to start drawing before you even know what’s happening. Everyday Monsters was one such brief for me.