YA Books Tag

A quick zombie hamster illustration I did for Egmont USA.  Below is how the designer used the final art:<div class="qodef-more-link-container"><a itemprop="url" href="http://neilswaab.com/zombie-hamster/#more-3183" target="_self" class="qodef-btn qodef-btn-medium qodef-btn-solid"> <span class="qodef-btn-text">Continue reading</span> </a></div>

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Now that it's been <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/chris-weitzs-ya-novel-young-653192?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Fcolumns+(The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Columns)" target="_blank">officially revealed</a>, I'm thrilled to post the cover to <em>The Young World</em> by Chris Weitz, a book I art directed and designed for Little, Brown. <div class="qodef-more-link-container"><a itemprop="url" href="http://neilswaab.com/young-world/#more-3146" target="_self" class="qodef-btn qodef-btn-medium qodef-btn-solid"> <span class="qodef-btn-text">Continue reading</span> </a></div>

Here's a new cover I illustrated and designed for Penguin/Razorbill called The Opposite of Tidy. They also commissioned an animated gif of the cover as well, which I'll post closer to the book's release when it's OK to do so. <div class="qodef-more-link-container"><a itemprop="url" href="http://neilswaab.com/the-opposite-of-tidy/#more-3044" target="_self" class="qodef-btn qodef-btn-medium qodef-btn-solid"> <span class="qodef-btn-text">Continue reading</span> </a></div>

A couple new book covers I worked on for Algonquin Young Readers are making the rounds now that they're publicly unveiled. <div class="qodef-more-link-container"><a itemprop="url" href="http://neilswaab.com/somebody-up-there-hates-you-and-the-time-fetch/#more-2351" target="_self" class="qodef-btn qodef-btn-medium qodef-btn-solid"> <span class="qodef-btn-text">Continue reading</span> </a></div>

Here's a new book cover I illustrated for Houghton Mifflin called WUFTOOM. It's a Kafkaesque story about a boy who turns into a worm-like creature.<div class="qodef-more-link-container"><a itemprop="url" href="http://neilswaab.com/wuftoom-for-houghton-mifflin/#more-1280" target="_self" class="qodef-btn qodef-btn-medium qodef-btn-solid"> <span class="qodef-btn-text">Continue reading</span> </a></div>