Mr Ripley's Book Cover Wars Final Winner 2012 - Thomas Taylor - Haunters

                                                       


Finally Mr Ripley's book cover wars has now come to an end.  After four fantastic heats, it has been yet another brilliant year.

As usual I would like to thank the many people who got behind this little idea of mine. I have found the whole process tremendously exciting and interesting and hope that, you too, have had as much fun as I have - either as an observer or a contender. If you have enjoyed it then please let us know in the comments section as we'd love to hear from you.

This year over 670 votes were cast in the final alone. Whilst over the last two months around 2,600 votes were placed. This just highlights the passion that this competition generates. Anyway, without further ado I'd like to award the title of 'Mr Ripleys Book Cover Wars 2012 book cover of the year' to . . . . . . .  Thomas Taylor for the UK book cover - 'Haunters': published by Chicken House  - May  2012. Many congratulations.
 

Thomas now finds himself in the Ripley Hall of Fame where he accompanies the following three past winners:

2009/10  Jon Mayhew 'Mortlock' 

2010/11  Darren Shan 'Birth of a Killer' illustrated by David Wyatt

2011/12  Curtis Jobling ''Werewolf: Shadow of the Hawk' illustrated by Andrew Farley

2012 /13 Thomas Taylor "Haunters" illustrated by Steve Wells  - 285 Votes

The winner of the competition is Annabelle - Please email me your address,
thank you again, one and all, for your support and enthusiasm over the last two months.                         

Mr Ripley's Book Cover Wars Grand Final 2011 - Nick Lake - In Darkness Book Competition

This is the big final for the book cover wars for 2011 - are you ready to vote?

Over the last four weeks, different author's have battled for their book covers to be voted into the grand final. As a result, we now have four worthy winners who have the chance to be crowned with the title 'Mr Ripley's Enchanted book cover of the year'. So without any further waiting, let the final battle commence . . . . 

A big thanks to all the authors who have got behind their own book cover and the enjoyable banter we have had with you all. Thanks to everyone for all your votes - over 2500 votes (over the four heats) have been cast! Amazing,with the last heat been a real battle.

As a voter, not only will you get the chance to choose your final favourite book cover, but you will also be in with the chance to win the new proof by Nick Lake - In Darkness a heart warming tale set in Haiti. Not out till next year.

All you need to do is:

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll (see top  right of the page)
• Leave a comment through this post 
• Sit back, watch the voting develop and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed)

So here are the four final winners:

Book One - Conrad Mason - The Demon's Watch - Published by David 
Fickling - March 2012 - Votes 189 

Book Two - Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine's Home for the Peculiar - Published by Quirk - June 2011 - Votes 104

Book Three - Barry Hutchison - The 13th Horseman - Published by HarperCollins - March 2012 - Votes 136

Book Four - Curtis Jobling - Wereworld:Shadow of the Hawk - Published by Puffin - Jan 2012 - Votes 418

Make this the best one yet. May the best book cover win and don't forget to leave a comment to win that brilliant proof.