Paper Towns

YA fiction • Penguin Young Readers / Dutton

My role 🛠️

• Art Director, Designer

• Conceived the double jacket concept — the two covers mirror the double life led by the novel’s protagonist Margot

• Recruited model and art-directed photoshoot

• Designed both jackets

• ALSO: I conceived and designed the paperback edition

What was special 💎

• Two jackets! — John Green fans had to have both

• Books became known as “Happy Margot” and “Sad Margot”

Results 🎉

• Paper Towns debuted at #5 on the New York Times bestseller list

• USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller

• Won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery

• Turned into a feature film in 2015 starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne