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Q&A with Jim Butcher
Oct 7, 2015
Written By: David Hill
http://thegridscififrontier.com/jim-butcher-qa

Q: Why does Harry keep wearing a hat on the book covers, when in the text of the book Harry keeps talking about how he hates hats?

A: That didn’t really start until Book 8 or 9 or something like that, is when I started making that comment. It was because on Book 7 the Art Department decided that the perfect way to say “Wizard P.I.” was to have the guy with a wizard staff and a P.I. fedora. That it would be the perfect psychological shorthand for “Wizard P.I.” So they directed Chris McGrath to “make it like this.” And Chris, who is a professional artist said, “I will make it like that,” and did so, and fulfilled his commission.

And I didn’t like it. So I got all passive aggressive about it, and started making fun of hats in the books.

So when the new book came out, the steampunk book, Grimm is one of those characters that would never be caught dead without his hat. So of course they draw him with no hat.