Nancy Johnson’s debut novel, The Kindest Lie, has a cover that’s bold, bright, modern, and colorful. I knew I wanted to use the cover’s house in the background, but I ran into a problem with the shapes and colors distracting from the actual book cover. To get around this, I rearranged the shapes and also darkened the entire background so that the cover would pop. I also used the profile of the woman as her site icon, a fun touch. View Nancy’s site.