Not long after I began looking into the life and career of Dr. Marjorie Strawn, I realized I couldn't possibly write about her without writing about her husband and life partner, Forester Bill Strawn. Every action and snippet of story involved the two of them, either directly or indirectly through supporting each other.
So I set out to write one book about two people. I researched to see if this had been done before. Of course it has. It's called a dual biography. Most often the two subjects are connected by birth or marriage, although I have found a few that were connected by eras and perhaps never even met.
When the Strawn family uploaded photographs for me to pick through, I was drawn to one in particular. It was taken at the wedding ceremony of one of their sons.
This is a picture of contentment, of happiness, of joy in each other and in the occasion, the very emotions I needed to introduce the reader to this amazing couple. I set about obtaining permission from the photographer, Bruce Pick, and he graciously agreed. My go-to person for photograph technology, Mark Strawn, helped me isolate the two of them from the background clutter.
So there it is. The cover portrait.
Since the two of them were wearing black and white, I needed to surround them with color, which is exactly what I did using Matt Strawn's painting, Linn Cove.
Coming soon on this blog: Cover Reveal.
Coming in exactly four weeks, BOOK LAUNCH!!
Catch of the day,
Gretchen
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