When best-selling Vancouver Christian fiction author Karen Kingsbury launched an online contest to find the face for a character in her new series, she received more than 150 entries from across the country. But she didn’t have to look far to find the ideal person to portray Cody Coleman on at least one cover in the four-part Bailey Flanigan series.
Kingsbury and her team selected Solomon Rexius, a 25-year-old Eugene, Ore., native living in Camas while attending Western Seminary in Portland.
Rexius was nominated by his girlfriend and was selected for embodying the characteristics of Cody Coleman, a secondary character in Kingsbury’s Above the Line series. He and Bailey Flanigan, inspired by Kingsbury’s daughter, Kelsey Russell, are the focus of the new series, which launches March 22 with “Leaving.”
Coleman travelled to Chicago in late summer for a photo shoot for the cover of the second book in the Bailey Flanigan series, “Learning,” which is set for a June release. He also appeared on Kingsbury’s recent webcast, where he was introduced as the contest winner.