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Art of All Kinds: Fiction

When we think of art, we often think of painting or sculpture. But art comes in many forms: fashion, graphic design, photography, floral design, jewelry-making, video games and more!

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  • Art = Floral Design. Ricki Wilde starts over by opening a flower shop, after practicing the art of floral design on her floral Instagram page! But her life soon intersects with another mysterious artist with connections to the Harlem…
    BookNew York : Grand Central, 2024. — F WILLIAMS
  • Art = Graphic Design. Graphic designer Michelle is hired for the marketing campaign of a gym opening its New York City location, which happens to bring former friend and crush Gabe back into her life.
    BookNew York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — F DARIA
  • Art = Fashion Design. A fashion writer gets her dream job working for a famous fashion designer, only for that dream to become a nightmare as she learns more about the seedier -- and supernatural -- side of fashion in this horror novel.
    BookNew York : Del Rey, [2024] — F RIVERA
  • Art = Photography. Liv is a photographer who is hired to help shoot pictures at a glamorous Holiday Ball, only to find the woman she hires suspected of murder. The photos Liv takes of the event might hold the key to clearing her name.
    BookNew York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp, [2022] — F BRECHER
  • Art = Fashion design. In this dual timeline novel, a costume conservator preparing for an exhibition discovers the story of a seamstress dreaming of becoming a designer in 1924.
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : Mira, [2023] — F SALAZAR
  • Art = Floral design. It's wedding season so florist Elise is not only juggling her job as a florist creating bridal bouquets, but additional responsibilities as bridesmaid to three of her friends. Ben is hired as a caterer for one of them,…
    BookNew York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — F TIEU
  • By Her Own Design

    a Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register

    Huguley, Piper
    Art = Fashion Design. Huguley depicts the true story of Ann Lowe, a Black woman who designed one of the most iconic dresses of all time -- Jacke Kennedy's wedding dress.
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — F HUGULEY
  • Art = Graffiti/Street Art. Julia is expelled from her School of the Deaf for the graffiti mural she paints in order to cover up an insult to her friend. After moving to a new mainstream school, her street art continues to be a refuge and…
    BookNew York : Alfred A Knopf, 2017. — YF GARDNER
  • Art = Photography. In this urban fantasy, a photographer discovers his photographs reveal glimpses of the unseen. Lurking beneath the photos and in his encounters with a man called Spider and a woman Vanessa is a fae battle between the…
    BookNew York : Pegasus Books, 2024. — F HARRIS
  • Art = Animation. Traces the ups and downs in the relationship between two friends and animated filmmaking partners
    BookNew York : Random House, [2016] — F WHITAKER
  • Art = Video Game Design. Sam and Sadie are two friends whose friendship is linked through their love of video games -- first playing then creating them. Their friendship and creative partnership is challenged by their personal and…
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. — F ZEVIN
  • Art = Coloring Book Design. Florrie is a coloring book designer and leader of a weekly coloring club. When a member shows up with the rare oldest known coloring book and then turns up dead, it is up to Florrie to figure out the truth.
    BookNew York, NY : Kensington Books, 2018. — F DAVIS
  • Art = jewelry design. A jewelry designer ends up traveling back to the time periods that inspire her Viking/Anglo-Saxon creations, where she encounters a silversmith and fellow time traveler.
    BookLondon : Headline Review, 2021. — F COURTENAY
  • Art = Floral Design. A grumpy florist is ultimately charmed by a cheery wedding planner in this second chance romance.
    BookNew York : Forever, 2023. — F SOTO
  • Art = Animation/Graphic Novelist. Eleanor vows to turn over a new leaf, only today might not be the day to be her best self, as she contends with a possible philandering husband, jealousy over a former colleague, and deadlines for her own…
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. — F SEMPLE
  • Art = Illustrator. Ash has discovered he's the lost heir of a duke, an identity he hides. He's having even more time hiding his feelings for his friend Verity as he is tasked with illustrating her new book.
    BookNew York, NY : Avon Impulse, [2019]. — F SEBASTIAN