From: Susan Katz <katz>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 08:27:23 -0400 (EDT)

I'm new to this discussion, so a brief introduction. I'm a children's writer, author of the middle-grade novel, Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth, published this spring by Simon and Schuster.

        It would be wonderful - and more than fitting - to include editors' names on the copyright pages, as Susan Daughtery suggested. As a new writer, unfamiliar with publishing etiquette, I was uncertain how to mention my editor myself - or if I should - but I wished her name was on the book because her intelligence, sensitivity, hard work, and good judgment made an enormous contribution to the book. As Margaret Atwood says, a good editor is more precious than rubies, and I don't know why editors are not routinely, officially acknowledged. (My own personal ruby, since I can certainly acknowledge her here, is Rebecca Davis, and she's really terrific.)

Sue

Susan Katz 535 Valley Park Rd Phoenixville, PA 19460 katz at netaxs.com http://www.netaxs.com/~katz
Received on Thu 27 Aug 1998 07:27:23 AM CDT