Actual Contract-Generating Book Proposals, Cover Letters and
Query Letters from the Files of Successful Children’s Authors

edited by Linda Arms White

You're visiting the office of a very successful children's author. As you glance at the file cabinet, you notice one drawer under lock and key. It's marked "QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED". There they are -- only a few feet away from you -- the actual letters that led to book contracts. Think you can convince the author to unlock the drawer and share these top-secret files?

We did.

Edited by well-known children's author Linda Arms White, Author to Editor offers something quite extraordinary -- actual contract-generating query letters, cover letters and book proposals from successful children's authors.

This is it -- the Real Deal. You'll see the complete letter or proposal, along with the author's analysis of why it was successful. Along the way, you'll pick up invaluable inside tips and secrets. Author to Editor also provides outstanding instructional chapters, written by Ms. White, that make getting started on the perfect cover letter, query letter or book proposal a breeze.

One more thing -- while there are some very general books about writing query letters, Author to Editor deals only with children's writing. It provides the specific info you need, and an unprecendented glimpse at the secrets of the children's writing pros.

Take a look at the table of contents:

* My manuscript is finished, now what?
* What is a cover letter?
* Cover Letter Samples and Comments:

picture book, Anna Grossnickle Hines
follow-up letter, Anna Grossnickle Hines
picture book, Joan Holub
dummy for lift-the-flap book, Joan Holub
picture book, Jane Kurtz
nonfiction picture book, Steve Swinburne
nonfiction picture book, Hope Irvin Marston
picture book, Verla Kay

* What is a query letter?
* Query Letter Samples and Comments:

easy reader with potential for a series, Dandi Daley Mackall
beginning reader, Elaine Marie Alphin
middle grade novels, Mary Casanova
middle grade novel, Gerald Hausman
middle grade novel with series potential, Dandi Daley Mackall
historical novel, Karleen Bradford
middle grade series, Kathleen Duey

* An Author Tip About Query Letters, by Hope Marston
* How to Follow Up on a Query Letter, by Claudine G. Wirths and Mary Bowman-Kruhm
* Ten Golden Rules for a Great Nonfiction Query Letter, by Steve Swinburne
* What is a proposal?

* Proposal Samples and Comments:

middle grade novel series, Bruce Balan
nonfiction magazine article, Nancy Sakaduski
nonfiction magazine article, Linda Arms White
nonfiction magazine article, Carol Baldwin
middle grade nonfiction, Steve Swinburne
middle grade nonfiction religious book, Mary S. Burnett
middle grade nonfiction book, Arlene Erlbach
middle grade nonfiction, Fred Bortz
nonfiction book sent through agent, Barbara Seuling
middle grade mystery series, Cheryl Zach
young middle grade nonfiction book, Linda Arms White
poetry collections, Charles Ghigna
young adult self-help book collaboration between two authors, Claudine W. Wirths and Mary Bowman-Kruhm
middle grade nonfiction activity book, Robin Koontz
activity book for parents and teachers, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

* Other Helpful Information

Letters Seeking Agent Representation, Linda Arms White
Advertising Through Your Submissions, by Linda Joy Singleton
Success Through a Long and Winding Road, by Linda Joy Singleton

A one of a kind book -- and it's available ONLY from CBI!