Frequently asked questions > 4.1 – Who is Tom Holts cover artist?
Tom writes: When I changed publishers from Macmillan to Orbit, they commissioned Kirby covers for the hardback of “Flying Dutch” and the paperbacks of the first two. They stayed with Kirby for “Ye Gods” and the hardback of “Overtime”, then commissioned a brilliant artist called Steve Lee to do the paperback of “Overtime”. Steve’s designs went down well with the book trade, so they reissued the backlist titles with Lee covers (this means ” Expecting Someone Taller” has had 3 different paperback covers; the ghastly one put on it by Macdonald when it first came out, the Kirby effort and the Steve Lee version) Steve did all my jackets down to “Open Sesame”; at that point there was some sort of falling-out between him and the Orbit people, and he isn’t going to do any more (a pity, if you ask me) For the “Wish You Were Here” hardback, they’ve taken an entirely different approach; I’m slightly underwhelmed by the WYWH cover, but from what I’ve seen of the roughs for the next one, “Only Human
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