See the cover for Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie

See the cover for Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie

Charlotte Runcie has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Times, and The Guardian and she was longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2023 and was a Foyle Young Poet of the Year.

Her debut novel Bring the House Down, set to publish on July 8, 2025, follows a theater critic at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe pens a scathing one-star review of a struggling actress with whom he had a one-night stand. Claire Lombardo calls it a “sharp-witted, wise, and authentic–what a fierce, fantastically funny read.”

Debutiful is pleased to reveal the cover, designed by Oliver Munday, of Runcie’s debut alongside a Q&A with the writer to get a behind-the-scenes look at how the cover came to be.

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