By @robshapiro
I've always known that I choose books, albums and movies based not just on the cover, but also the title. A title shouldn't have to grow on you, it should answer a question within the story. It is something that pulls you in from the moment you read it.
I wanted Harper's in Hell to be a fun, exciting and simple adventure (simple being a relative term). The original working title was The Depths, for no other reason than I needed to save the document. I wanted something that could work on a poster, a marquee and rolled off the tongue.
I wanted it to be a title that I would have seen as I perused a bookstore as a kid in the 1980s; Stripped of all pretension and a clue as to where you would be transported along with the characters.
Also, it helped that Harper was in Hell. Jeanine in Delaware had no ring to it, whatsoever.
A/N: This is so cool...not only does Rob Shapiro have HARPER'S IN HELL answering a question, he seeks to evoke a personal time and place with that title. I've read the first chapter and it is hilarious and endearing. Click that star and head on over to the dedication to see for yourself!
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