When Darkness Falls calendar by Tony Mauro …

• Posted in About Books, Elemental Assassin series

So I was perusing through the calendars at my local Books-A-Million a few weeks ago looking for holiday presents, when I spotted a name that I knew on one of the calendars — Tony Mauro.

Tony is a well-known fantasy artist who (among many other things) creates books covers, including those for my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. Curious, I picked up Tony’s When Darkness Falls calendar and turned it over.

When Darkness Falls calendarAnd what do I see but the cover art for Heart of Venom, Elemental Assassin #9, featured in the calendar. Woot! Woot! Gin is featured during the month of October.

I thought this was super-cool, and I e-mailed Tony about it. According to Tony, he’s been creating the fantasy art calendars for about eight years now.

If you order the calendar through his website (as the above photo says), Tony will sign it for you. Again, how cool is that? I always buy a couple of calendars for Christmas, so if you’re looking for a holiday gift for someone, this would make a pretty neat one. The calendars are $13.95, plus shipping and handling.

The calendars are also available at retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million. But please note that those calendars are not signed by Tony.

CALENDAR GIVEAWAY

Tony has generously offered up a signed copy of When Darkness Falls for giveaway, and I’m including a print copy of Heart of Venom, along with some bookmarks and other swag. You can enter using the form below. The giveaway is open to those 18 and older, U.S. only, and will run through midnight, EST, Thursday, Dec. 5.

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27 Responses to “When Darkness Falls calendar by Tony Mauro …”

    • Jennifer @ The Book Nympho says:

      oops. It hit submit too soon. LOL

      I like the artwork for the EA series, Mercy Thompson series by Briggs, and even though I’ve not read it yet Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas has come great covers.

      • Jennifer Estep says:

        I think Tony has done a great job on the Elemental Assassin covers. I believe he does the covers for Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series too, among many others.

  2. Delilah says:

    I love the unused Gin in his portfolio. It doesn’t look much like her in the face and she has a sheathed knife on her belt instead of the small of her back – but the artwork itself is awesome.

  5. Katie says:

    l absolutely love his artwork! And I just realized how many different series I read that he has done covers for too!!!

  6. Carol Savoy says:

    Boris Vallejo has beautiful fantasy art. I don’t watch a lot of TV and there are so many excellent authors that it is to hard to choose just one.

  7. Tracy says:

    I love your Elemental Assassin’s books! Sarcasm is a way of life in my family; which is probably part of the reason why I love Gin and Finn so much! Plus the idea of how the elements are used in your stories create a sense of awe. I love them. 🙂 Thank you for this opportunity!

  9. Christine L. says:

    Dunno whether Dutch artist Handiedan’s work is considered fantasy, but I just purchased her latest release from Spoke Art. That aside, after checking out Tony’s galleries, I realized that I dig his work too, especially the film adverts.

  10. Mags says:

    I feel like I never get to fully enjoy the covers on my black and white Kindle. A calendar is a great idea!

  11. Kara Bohnet says:

    Wow, this is such a great giveaway and I will be checking out his calendar as gifts for my friends (but hope I get this one).

  12. Jen Twimom says:

    I love the artwork on the book covers of the Books of the Order fantasy series (books by Philippa Ballantine). They capture the heart of the story and are beautiful.

  15. Vicki says:

    The first time I was ever blown away by fantasy art was when a then fiance showed me a book of art by Boris Vallejo and I have loved fantasy art ever since. I purchased an affordable print poster of the Daniel Dos Santos cover for Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs. The Elemental Assassin series covers have been spectacular. I wish I could find some of these covers in the same format. The framed prints make excellent additions to my library wall.

  17. Penni Lawson says:

    Beautiful calendars. I also buy a couple calendars every year – one for home and one for work.

  20. Debra says:

    What a beautiful calendar! We as a society need to celebrate complicated, strong, kick-ass women!

  22. Kristina R. says:

    Ohh, that’s awesome! The calendar looks gorgeous! I love this style and I can imagine that the calendar will hangs on my wall long after 2014! 🙂

  23. Barbara Elness says:

    I always loved Boris Vallejo and many of the artists in the magazine Heavy Metal (in the 1970’s). I do love Tony Mauro’s art too, and the calendar looks awesome.

  25. Deb ra says:

    Hooray!! I am doing the Snoopy dance in my chair at work right now. Thank you so much!! I have pm’d the info to you.

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