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The Book Doctors: Arielle Eckstut & David Henry Sterry

Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry have appeared everywhere from NPR’s Morning Edition to The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal to USA Today. They have taught everywhere from Stanford University to the Miami Book Festival to the granddaddy of American bookstores, Strand Books in New York City.

Their book, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, is the go-to book on the subject, and contains all the information you’ll ever need, taking you through the entire process of conceiving, writing, selling, marketing and promoting your book.

Arielle Eckstut

Arielle is co-founder of The Book Doctors. She is the author of nine books including The Secret Language of Color: The Science, Nature, History, Culture and Beauty of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue & Violet. She is also an agent-at-large at the Levine Greenberg Rostan 
Literary Agency, where for over 20 years, she has been helping hundreds of talented writers become published authors. Lastly, Arielle co-founded the iconic company, LittleMissMatched, and grew it from a tiny operation into a leading national brand, which now has stores from coast to coast, everywhere from Disneyland to Disney World to Fifth Avenue in New York City.

David Henry Sterry

David is co-founder of The Book Doctors. He is the author of 16 books on a wide variety of subjects, from memoir to middle grade fiction, sports to reference. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages, optioned by Hollywood, and appeared on the cover of the Sunday New York Times Book Review. He is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. Before writing professionally, David was a comic and an actor. His one man show, based on his memoir, Chicken, was named the number one show in the United Kingdom for its entire run at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Fringe by The Independent.

 

LAURA SCHENONE
Laura Schenone is the author of three books published by W.W. Norton: a James Beard Award winning social history of American women told through food; a memoir about her search for a long lost family recipe; and a deeply reported work of narrative nonfiction about the people who rescue animals (inspired by her dog Lily). Most recently, she co-authored a book on a major midcentury designer, to be published by Phaidon in 2024. Laura’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Food and Wine, Good Housekeeping, Elle, Entertainment Weekly, the Miami Herald, Newsday, and NPR. Her bylines have appeared in Saveur magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Lit Hub, and many other places.

Laura is passionate about literature of all kinds. She has a master’s degree in creative writing from City College of New York, where she studied with Deborah Eisenberg, and before that did graduate work at NYU, where she studied with Margaret Atwood, E.L. Doctorow, and Galway Kinnel. As an intrepid ghostwriter, book doctor, editor, and communicator she helps business leaders, memoirists, and novelists develop and publish their books and essays. She loves helping people tell their stories.

 

EZRA PEREIRA
Ezra is a graduate of Rutgers University, where he received degrees in French Literature and Finance. Ezra loves all variety of stories, being the only Rutgers student of his class to complete all the assigned reading.

While in school he ran a successful sneaker business, much to the chagrin of his roommate. As a member of the Book Doctor team, Ezra does beta reads and contact research for manuscripts, and loves watching a story evolve and flourish.

 

 

 

 

LAURA AND EZRA’S FEES

For Laura’s fees, please contact her at laura@thebookdoctors.com
For Ezra’s fees, please contact him at ezra@thebookdoctor.com

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