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As soon as I heard Who in This Room<\/em> would be published I started hotflashing and eyelid twitching about what the cover would look like. Handing over control has never been easy for me.<\/p>\n Fortunately, the lovely and utterly-reasonable people at Calyx agreed to let me pursue a few design ideas and I immediately called my friend, Judy. You may remember Judy of the super-cool tattoo from this post<\/a>. As soon as we spoke I knew she was the perfect person to create the cover for so many reasons \u2013 here are the top ten.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She’s so much cooler than I am. Do you need to look at that tattoo<\/a> again?<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She\u2019s had breast cancer.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She uses the word \u2018hoopty.\u2019<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She’d never pick up a book about cancer (unless it was written by a friend who wanted her to design the cover).<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We both love the television show What Not to Wear<\/em>.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She\u2019s a talented graphic designer<\/a>.<\/a> Oh yeah, there\u2019s that.<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She has a whole cabinet of Japanese anime dolls. At least I think that’s what they are.<\/p>\n