This was the original cover for the trade paperback edition of City of the Snakes, in the UK, before we decided to change the name from D B Shan to Darren Shan. It’s the same as the final cover, the only difference being the author’s name. Please click on this link: ukcitydbcover.JPG

This is the cover for the trade paperback edition of City of the Snakes in the UK. It will be released under the name of Darren Shan in March 2010. I am SO psyched about this book finally seeing the light of day!! For me, it’s the best book of the trilogy by quite a long margin — I hope you guys think so too when you read it!!! I also love the cover that Harper Collins have come up with — verrRRRRRy etheral!!!!! Please click on the thumbnail image to enlarge.

This is the new cover for the paperback edition of Hell’s Horizon in the UK, when it is re-released under the name of Darren Shan in March 2010.

This is the new cover for the paperback edition of Procession of the Dead in the UK, when it is re-released under the name of Darren Shan in March 2010.

This is the ultra-cool cover for the Netherlands edition of Hell’s Horizon.

This is the front cover for the American hardback edition of Procession of the Dead. The book is due for release in the USA on June 1st 2010 — since that’s still quite a long way off, it’s possible that the cover might be tweaked along the way, but we’re all delighted with it as it currently stands, so I doubt there will be any major changes. But, if there are, I will of course share them with you further down the line. For now, feast your eyes on the cover as it currently stands — and I hope you love it as much as I do!!

This is the wraparound cover for the American hardback edition of Procession of the Dead, i.e. the front cover, spine and back cover. The book is due for release in the USA on June 1st 2010.

To create the cover for Procession of the Dead,  the art director set up a kind of puppet studio set in her apartment, and then took photos of it. This is a photo from the shoot, to give you an idea of how the cover was put together.

This is the Japanese cover for Procession of the Dead. Nice and dark — I love it!!! Click on thumbnail for full image.

This is the trade paperback edition (i.e. the larger format) of Hell’s Horizon, the second book of The City, which will be released in the UK and Ireland in March 2009. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.