I founded Writers House in 1974, and have been midwife to books in all adult categories, fiction and non-fiction. I'm interested in working with a few more novelists, literary and commercial, especially authors whose works have received reviews praising their artistry, but whose sales have been only so-so. I'm good at launching and relaunching writers.

A brief sampling of authors and their novels I've worked with are:

HOW TO KILL A ROCK STAR by Tiffanie DeBartolo
ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN by Jim Fergus
THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB by Olivia Goldsmith
SAVING MAX by Antoinette Van Heugten
LASSITER by Paul Levine
THE SULTAN'S SEAL by Jenny White
THE RELIGION by Tim Willocks
THE KEEP by F. Paul Wilson
THE ILLUMINATUS TRILOGY by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
GENERATION DEAD by Daniel Waters
HOME BOYZ by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
THE QUEEN’S CAPTIVE by Barbara Kyle

Now some non-fiction authors and their works:

THE GRAND DESIGN by Stephen Hawking
MONEYBALL by Michael Lewis
REACHING THE ANIMAL MIND by Karen Pryor
DINOSAURS OF THE FLAMING CLIFFS by Michael Novacek
REPORT FROM GROUND ZERO by Dennis Smith
RED ALERT by Stephen Leeb
THE BLUE DAY BOOK by Bradley Trevor Greive
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WAR ON CANCER by Devra Davis
THE DIVIDED MIND by Dr. John Sarno
ONE CLICK: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com by Richard Brandt
100 YARDS OF GLORY: The Greatest Moments in NFL History by Joe Garner and Bob Costas

I also urge you to read my book WRITING THE BLOCKBUSTER NOVEL. You can order it from Amazon or from Writers House directly. It's been published in 8 languages, and has an introduction by Ken Follett.

Naval officer, foreign service officer, playwright, winner of the Stanley Drama Award, taught playwriting at Yale Drama School, wrote three TV soap operas, published two novels, coproduced THE FRONT PAGE on Broadway with Helen Hayes and Robert Ryan, and obtained an at-the-time record advance for a first novel $830,000 in 1982 for WOMENS WORK by Ann Tolstoi Wallach.

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If you think I would be interested in your work, please write me a one page letter. First paragraph should tell what about your book is wonderful and exciting, the second should recount the essence of its content, and the third should tell why you’re the best person to be writing it.