Cover Trend Alert: Dear Authors, We See What You’re Up To
Good things come in threes—the number used to define a bona fide trend (even if it’s years in the making). With the publication today of Adrienne Kisner’s Dear Rachel Maddow, it’s time to inform you that our dear authors are using epistolary titles with celebrity recipients:
Publishers Marketplace also recently announced the acquisition of We Love Anderson Cooper, by Rachel Maizes, slated for publication in spring 2019 by Macmillan/Celadon. If we can get one more Dear Journalist title, that will be a subtrend worth trumpeting. (Would anyone actually want to write a letter to Sean Hannity?)
Other fictions with real people in the titles have appeared from time to time, too.
Can you think of any more?
Update: I have just been made aware of two books in the History Pals series, Eleanor Roosevelt’s in My Garage and Ben Franklin’s in My Bathroom.
About the Author: Keir Graff
Keir Graff is Executive Editor of Booklist Publications and the author of six books. His most recent is the middle-grade novel, The Phantom Tower (2018). Follow him on Twitter at @Booklist_Keir.Subscribe
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“I Love You, Michael Collins” by Lauren Baratz-Logsted might fit this trend.
Good one! I say it counts!