It was so prevalent that when we went to title Ascendant, we had a bit of a challenge on our hands. Shiver, Matched, Uglies, Rumors, Skinned, Ashes, Ice, Need, Hunger, Linger, Divergent, Witchlanders, MOckingjay, Hourglass, Possession, Evernight, Everneath, Unwind, Intertwined, Savvy, Grace, Graceling, Fire, Liar, Leviathan, Mastiff, Devilish… and of course, Twilight. Look at the shelves: It’s one word from here to the travel section. Now pretty much every YA book has a one-word title. I did not realize, back at the time, that we were entering an age of one-word titles in YA fiction. Rampant was the first book I ever sold that retained the title I sold it with. I decided I wanted my title to have the same feel as that one. I had recently read a book called Valiant, by Holly Black, and I loved that title. A few were mocked with love and sincere affection (such as my Ludlum-loving friend’s ardent campaign for “The Horn Identity.”) I started making a list of titles that I loved. Thus began a months-long search for the perfect title. But before I can talk about the cover, I want to talk about the title.Ī long, long time ago (in book publishing world), in 2005, I started writing a book called “Last of the Unicorn Hunters.” This title, I was told by EVERYONE, simply would not do. So this is the week I’m going to show you all the For Darkness Shows the Stars cover, which is my favorite of all my covers.
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