The Fact Checker

Amber Day uses a clever visual pun for Austin Kelley’s debut novel.

Amber's cover art featuring a tomato-sized visual gag, nods to the book’s plot, which pivots on a fact-checker's investigation at a farmers' market and a mysterious missing woman.

The Fact Checker centres on a meticulous journalist working at a New Yorker–style magazine during the early‑2000s, who becomes entangled in a quest that begins with verifying a feature about a New Jersey tomato farmer and leads to the disappearance of an enigmatic woman named Sylvia .

Recognised in Literary Hub’s 'The 15 Best Book Covers of April', Amber's illustration was praised as 'a genuinely funny book cover, on multiple levels'. The cover encapsulates a mix of earnest inquiry and unexpected absurdity, elevating the novel’s witty yet philosophical tone through its visual storytelling.

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