We have a winner!

You guys are amazing!

Congrats, Robin Wright, you won the Juicy ring! Good work! Please email your address to karen@karenmoning.com.

I said, Your mission: Find and decipher it. Tell me what I hid, and what it means.

Cait, aka tuskino_aiko came close, first, but didn't get it right. She recognized the runes but read them backwards.

A few minutes later, S. Fitzmaurice translated the runes right, but didn't know what it meant.

A few minutes after that, Robin Wright said: "Ogham letter. Ogham being the ancient Irish alphabet, but mostly translated using the similar alphabet of Basque, making a lot of the old Irish translations confusing. Anyway, it translates to the word Zigor, which in Basque means "Punisher".

Then, about thirty minutes after Cait's first try, she emailed again and said, "I got it. It's JZB's middle name. I was reading it backwards before. ZIGOR, Gender masculine, Usage: Basque, means "punishment." JZB is Basque and Pict!

Cait and Shawn, nice work! Choose from a signed copy of HC Faefever or Bloodfever and email me your address to send it to.

There's actually some debate over whether Zigor means "punisher" or "punished" in Basque.

Zigor is JZB's middle name.

Thanks for playing!

APRIL NEWSLETTER CONTEST—Prize

Isn’t it fabulous? It’s a key ring. Really, a ring for keys. And it’s stupendously large. The picture doesn’t do it justice. The stone is brilliantly pink, accented by fifty glittering (fake) diamonds. Talk about major bling: one Juicy Couture key ring designed to stun. And I mean that literally. Be careful. The rock’s darn near a weapon!

Read on to the next entry below to find out what you have to do to win it.

APRIL NEWSLETTER CONTEST—Puzzle

I’m always fascinated by the progression from sketch to final cover, and I thought you might be, too. The seventh jpeg is the finished art, printed and ready to be wrapped around the book.

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This time, I asked Bantam Dell to let me conceal a clue on the cover, and the art department did a fantastic job accommodating my request. On the normal-size cover, in the bookstore, it’s not so easy to spot. I’m making it a little easier by giving you a high res shot of it.

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Your mission: Find and decipher it. Tell me what I hid, and what it means.

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The first person to figure it out and email Karen@karenmoning.com wins the Juicy key ring.

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You MUST put the words “JUICY CONTEST” in the subject line so we can separate entries from other email.

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Good luck!