Doris Booth

Doris Booth

Doris Booth is founder and president of Authorlink®, the news and information magazine for editors, agents, writers, and readers, ranked among top websites for writers. The company’s separate literary agency represents some bestselling authors, both domestically and abroad. Doris has sold projects to St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, Sterling Publishing (Barnes and Noble), Berkley Books/Penguin, Farrar Straus Giroux and other dominant houses. She has also been involved in rights negotiations for two hit Netflix docuseries, as well as with other production studios. The agency is not accepting new authors at this time, but writers are encouraged to use Authorlink® as a comprehensive resource.

The Plot Thickens by Noah Lukeman

    The Plot Thickens 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life Noah Lukeman St. Martin's Press July 5, 2002 Hardcover/240 pages ISBN: 0-312-28467-5 Buy This Book Barnes and Noble     "The biggest mistake writers make is feeling compelled to set...

Shaping Your Manuscript–Beyond Theme

Shaping Your Manuscript--Beyond Theme by Doris Booth Editor-in-Chief, Authorlink   Shape, on the other hand, is the spine that holds the story (and theme) in place.   A good story should have an appealing "shape," an underlying structure...

Arthur Klebonoff’s The Agent: Personalities, Politics and Publishing

Arthur Klebonoff’s The Agent: Personalities, Politics and Publishing

ARTHUR KLEBANOFF is the owner and president of the fifty-year-old Scott Meredith Literary Agency. As co-founder of Morton L. Janklow Associates, Inc. and partner in the law firm Janklow, Traum & Klebanoff, he worked over a ten year period on more than thirty seven-figure book deals, most involving commercial fiction. Klebanoff previously led the publishing division of International Management Group. He is also the CEO of RosettaBooks, the leading independent electronic publisher focused on quality backlist books. The author resides in New York City

An Exclusive Interview With First-Time Novelist Alexandra Styron

An Exclusive Interview With First-Time Novelist Alexandra Styron

Alexandra Styron’s first novel, ALL THE FINEST GIRLS, was released this past summer by Little Brown and Company. In this exclusive Authorlink interview with the New York-based author we gain insights into her thoughts, attitudes, and her writing life. Alexandra’s first novel is an elegantly written and unforgettable story about a daughter’s love—and where that love lodges when her parents are less than lovable.

What’s Your Motivation?

A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR What's Your Motivation? By Susan Malone May 2001 We talked last month about the misconceptions many (if not most) folks...