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Yesterday the cover for my next book, Poster Girl, was finally released! Please check out the interview I did at Today.com, and read an excerpt from the book, too.
Here’s a little more about the story, from that article:
"'Poster Girl' is about what happens after a dystopian regime falls," Roth told TODAY in an email interview.
Instead of watching civil liberties get chipped away, "Poster Girl" charts the process of a society healing — and Sonya Kantor, the book's main character, is the kind of person who stands in the way of that healing. Her face is an uncomfortable reminder of the Delegation, the surveillance state that had once ruled over the Seattle-Portland area: Sonya was literally a poster girl for the regime's propaganda posters. The Delegation monitored its citizens through the use of Insight, an ocular implant that tracked a user's words (think a portable and inescapable Big Brother).
The story starts when an old enemy offers Sonya a deal: If she can find a missing child, she can earn her freedom from the prison she's lived in for years. In doing so, Sonya learns more about her family and the extent to which both she and they were complicit in the old regime. Roth said that the novel sees Sonya "wake up again."
And of course, the cover:
The art comes to us courtesy of Jaya Miceli, who did a lovely job with this cover. Last year I sent my publisher a big document full of cover ideas, and in it was a pile of old propaganda posters, just to give them an idea of the range of art styles that were used. Here’s a selection of them, to show you what I mean:
This cover is such a striking interpretation of that idea. I feel like Sonya is straight up judging me, which is perfect, because at the point in her life that she posed for this poster, she probably was. I can’t wait to see it on the hardcover.
Writing this book was slow, steady, and careful. I learned new ways to be patient. I’ve never written a book quite like it. It comes out October 18th. More info about where to find it here.
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