MEMOIR
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Charting a mother’s journey from grief to gun safety advocacy.
The idea of guns and locks being the focus of the cover was inspired by the logo for the non-profit started by the author. Gun safety is the main point of the memoir, so a gun made of locks seemed to hit the nail on the head.
For this title I designed the cover, full jacket, interior, and marketing materials including a postcard and a web banner. I've also redesigned this cover and jacket for a paperback edition, included below.
In 2024 I had the privilege of making an updated version of this cover for the paperback. Keeping to the original theme, I reoriented the imagery and reversed the colors to create an equally popping cover that stood separately. While the original cover only garnered an honorable mention from Graphis when entered, this new cover won a gold, showing a measurable improvement in my skills over the last five years.
