Laura Givens: Book & Magazine Covers
You can't judge a book by its cover but what's on that cover can often be the difference between whether it get's picked up to be read or not. I have been fortunate enough to do covers for a diverse selection of books from a number of publishers. The challenge is always to figure out what will appeal to a distinct audience whether that audience be romance, horror, science fiction, poetry, non-fiction, young adult or travel. This is a selection of some of my favorites including a series of covers for Tales of the Talisman magazine, where I am also art director. All images are copyright Laura Givens. 2010 Contact me at: lauragive@comcast.net
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Welcome & Space Art
Gallery One
Gallery Two
Cover Art
Color Illustrations
Black and White Illustrations
Dark Neon
Gruesome Carols
On The Air With Nicodemus Dare
| The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer 2 (Meteor House) |
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| Bullets and Blades (Bill Craig) |
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| Water Witch (C Willis & C Felice) Light Raid |
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| Promised Land (C Willis & C Felice) |
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| Six-Guns Straight From Hell (SF Trails Publishing) |
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| Butterfly Garden (Lachesis/ LBF) |
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| Jacob's Return (Lachesis/LBF) |
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| Owl Dance (Hadrosaur) |
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| Anon Time (C. Robertson) |
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| Threshold (D O'Brannagan) |
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| Penny Dread Tales V.1 (Rune Wright) |
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| Midnight In the Library (L. Dagstine) |
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| The Martian Wave 2011 (Samsdot) |
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| The Quinx Effect (Sansdot) |
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| The Bee Lady's Amulet (Renaisance) |
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| Show Dog Sings the Blues (Cornucopia) |
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| Nyx: The Protectors (Samsdot) |
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| Nyx: Malache (Samsdot) |
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| Nyx: Mystere (Samsdot) |
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| Hardluck Hannigan; The Spear of Goliath (Bill Craig) |
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| Hardluck Hannigan; The Savage Land (Bill Craig) |
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| Hardluck Hannigan; The Golden Scorpion (Bill Craig) |
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| Decker PI Smuggler's Blues (Bill Craig) |
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| Decker PI Death Song (Bill Craig) |
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| A Cold and Lonely Death (Bill Craig) |
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| Scorpion Cay (Bill Craig) |
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| Write Now! The Prisoner of Na-No-Wri-Mo (C. Robertson) |
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| Space Cops (David B Riley) |
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| Wondrous Web Worlds 8 (Samsdot) |
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| Space Horrors (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Space Sirens (Flying Pen Press) |
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| The Spellkeper (Samsdot) |
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| Ghost Town (David B Riley) |
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| She Murdered Me With Science (Flying Pen Press) |
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| A Sword For Mother Nature-unused (Flying Pen Press) |
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| The Solar Sea (Lachesis/LBF) |
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| Irreconcilable Differences (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Cop's Daughter 4 : Diana (Lachesis) |
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| Heirs of the New Earth (LBF) |
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| Children of the Old Stars (LBF) |
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| The Pirates of Sufiro (LBF |
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| The Deadwalk (Samsdot) |
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| Ephemeris: A Science Fiction Role Playing Game (J Alan Erwine) |
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| Riders of the Mapinguari (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Migration of the Kamishi (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Space Grunts (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Full Throttle Space Tales #1 Space Pirates (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Seventh Daughter (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Friends In Dark Places (Samsdot) |
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| Looking Glass (Flying Pen Press) |
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| The Martian Wave 2010 (Samsdot) |
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| The North Side Saga (Phil Goodstein) |
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| The Saga of Harlan Waugh (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Curse of the Spanish Gold (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Crossed Arrows (Flying Pen Press) |
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| Seedlings On The Solar Wind (Nomadic Delirium Press) |
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| Wondrous Web Worlds 7 (Samsdot) |
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| Incendiary (Lachesi/LBF) |
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| Dying Moon (Lachesis) |
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| SF Waxes Philosophical (Ahmed A Khan) |
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| Devil's Due (Lachesis/Lbf) |
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| Darkest Night (Bill Craig) |
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| 2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens (Sky Warrior Publishing) |
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Space
Space
Space
| The Plague of Spies Mission (Renaissance) | Deathwalker (Airship 27) |
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| The Third Force Mission (Renaissnace) | The Tank War Mission (Renaissance) |
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| Tales of the Bagman (Airship 27) | Waiting on Humanity's Table (T. Hutcheson) |
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| Munchies (Renaisance) | The Slayers (Hadrosaur) |
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| Flying Saucer Stories (David B Riley) | Riding The Rocket (Renaissance) |
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| Science Fiction Trails # 7 (David B Riley) | |
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| Captain Hazzard: Citadel Of Fear (Airship 27) | Science Fiction Trails #5 (David B Riley) |
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| Dinner With Dracula (Renaissance) | Leland Hale Galactic Conman (Renaissance) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 6.2 (LBF/Hadrosaur) | Tales of the Talisman 6.1 (LBF/Hadrosaur) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 5.4 (Hadrosaur/LBF) | Sparrow's F;ight (S. Kepfield) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 5.3 (Hadrosaur/LBF) | Tales of the Talisman 5.4 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 5.1 (Hadrosaur/LBF) | Tales of the Talisman 5.2 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 5.3 (Hadrosaur/LBF) | Tales of the Talisman 5.4 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 4.4 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
Tales of the Talisman 4.3 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
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| Razar #1 (Paul Campbell) |
Tales of the Talisman 4.2 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 3.4 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
Tales of the Talisman 4.1 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 3.1 (Hadrosaur/ LBF) |
Tales of the Talisman 3.2 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 2.4 (Hadrosaur/ LBF) |
Tales of the Talisman 2.3 (Hadrosaur/ LBF) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 2.1 (Hadrosaur/ LBF) |
Tales of the Talisman 2.2 (Hadrosaur/ LBF) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 1.4 (Hadrosaur/ LBF) |
Tales of the Talisman 1.3 (Hadrosaur/LBF) |
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| Tales of the Talisman 1.2 (Hadrosaur/ LBF) |
Science Fiction Trails #4 (David B Riley) |
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| Science Fiction Trails #2 (David B Riley) |
Science Fiction Trails #3 (David B Riley) |
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| Hollywood Nights (Renaissance) | New Orleans Nights (Renaissance) |
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| Instrument (T Hutcheson) |
Signs (T Hutcheson) |
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| Dragon's Fall - Dragon's Quest (Lachesis/LBF) | Dragon's Fall - Bondage (Lachesis/LBF) |
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| Lion In His Eyes (T Hutcheson) | The Taming of Enkidu (Renaissance) |
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| Lady in Black (Renaissance) |
Stripped (Liquid Silver) |
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| Wulf: Tales of the Chosen (Liquid Silver) |
Alitus: Tales of the Chosen (Liquid Silver) |
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| Fencing With Discipline (T Hutcheson) |
Galatea Breached (T Hutcheson) |
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| Admission of Submission (T Hutcheson) |
Bound To Dance (T Hutcheson) |
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| Widow's Walk (Lachesis/LBF) | Wedding Bell Blues (Naked Reader) |
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| The Smell of Magic... (T Hutcheson) |
Teacher's Pet (Loose ID) |
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| Flying Pen Press 2008 Catalog |
Impaler (Naked Reader) |
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