Cover Reveal: THE BAREFOOT FOLLOWERS OF SWEET POTATO GRACE by Megan Okonsky

We’re delighted to reveal the cover design for Megan Okonsky’s debut novel, forthcoming from Lanternfish Press on August 19, 2025.

Lanternfish Press announced the acquisition of the novel in August 2024.

The cover of The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace was designed by Kimberly Glyder with art direction by Christine Neulieb.

Tombstone, Texas, has never seen anything like the barefoot travelers who barrel in one afternoon, looking like they just stepped out of the seventies. They appear right in the middle of Pinky Elizabeth Swear’s eulogy for her beloved rescue cat, Sweet Potato Grace (may she rest in eternal peace and abundance of goat cheese). To be honest, Pinky is relieved at the interruption. She’d planned to use the second half of her eulogy to come out of the closet. Now, she doesn’t have to.

Are the newcomers a circus troupe? Revolutionaries? A sinister cult? While the town grows suspicious and rumor mills churn, Pinky finds herself drawn to the charisma of the barefoot strangers. Perhaps, she starts to think, the wrath of Tombstone is a thing worth risking in order to be true to oneself.

Megan Okonsky is a ghostwriter and novelist based in Austin, TX. Known for her conversational voice and wit, Okonsky has worked with C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, and media personalities to produce bestselling business books and memoirs. Her work has appeared in Reductress, Mantra Magazine, and more. Okonsky is a proud member of the Writers’ League of Texas and the Association of Ghostwriters. When she is not writing for clients, Okonsky likes to write and host murder mystery parties, garden, and knit.