They can be seen a bit more clearly floating in the sky on the original art. Barely visible on the printed dust jacket are two faces which appear on the front cover inside the "O" of Ghost and Mirror. If you did not know that it was a piece of dust jacket artwork, you would view it as a wonderfully creepy painting by Mr. This piece of original art by Edward Gorey is a masterpiece of suspense and terror. Bellairs passed away, so "Completed by Brad Strickland" only appears on the title page. Strickland's name does not appear on the dust jacket because the cover art was completed and printed before Mr. The story of how Brad Strickland came to work on, and eventually continue the Bellairs books is detailed on in the bibliography section.Įdward Gorey created the artwork for the dust jacket and the frontis illustration for this title. Zimmerman and Rose Rita Pottinger to the book series after a long absence. Published in 1993 by Dial Books for Young Readers, The Ghost in the Mirror returns Lewis Barnavelt, Uncle Jonathan, Mrs. The Ghost in the Mirror was the first John Bellairs story to be completed by Brad Strickland.
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