Make it look the same, yet different.

The next challenge was finding the right illustrator.

I started mocking up different layouts using photographs, Yee explains.

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One of my throw in solutions was a box that happened to go across the authors mouth.

It was a womans face and it looked like we were symbolically silencing her.

It was then that I realized all of the authors were women.

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Her work had fullness in black and white with an energetic use of accent colors, Yee says.

Everything I was looking for.

Carlstedt turned in her sketches over the next weekend, and voila!

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The next set of Picador Modern Classics was born.

Check out the four stunning covers, below.

The books will hit shelves Nov. 7, but areavailable for pre-order now.

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