Prize cover designer

Julian Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending. Thanking the book's designer, Suzanne Dean, he added:

"Those of you who've seen my book - whatever you may think of its contents - will probably agree that it is a beautiful object."

Creative Review Blog - Despite the presence of new life in the floating seeds, the cover bleeds off towards a foreboding darkness with the ends of the book's pages blackened, too.

Book Cover Design by Suzanne Dean / Bridgeman images

Suzanne Dean, creative director at Random House, has designed numerous book covers using images sourced from the Bridgeman archive, some of which have been assembled in a montage design. 

To Kill a Mockingbird, 2010 - montage design. Eagle and Stars, 1853 (textile) by American School, (19th century)

The Painted Veil, 2010 - Woman with a Fan, 1922 (w/c on paper) by Etienne Adrien Drian (1885-1961)

The House of Rajan, 2011 -  montage design. Still Life by Francisco de Zurbaran, (1598-1664), A Study of insects by Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626-79), Insects by Jan van Kessel, Jan van, the Elder (1626-79).

See more book covers by Random House