Children's and YA Literature Resources
P.O. Box 3255
Austin, TX 78764
You may also click the envelope to email Cynthia.
However, before writing with questions, please note the:
Please do NOT send manuscripts for critique. If you need a reader, you may find a critique group through your local chapter of SCBWI or hire a professional editor.
ALL publisher-sponsored conference invitations must FIRST be directed to Sharon Hancock at Candlewick Press.
ALL rights queries must be directed to:
Ginger Knowlton
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Ten Astor Place
NY, NY 10003
212.473.5400
If you would like to submit a book for possible recommendation/interview consideration, please see guidelines. Note that self-published books are no longer eligible.
Please understand that this site generates several hundred emails a day. While I read and appreciate every note, volume and time constraints make it impossible for me to reply in every case.
Thank you!
C.L.S.
P.S.: For information on my husband, author Greg Leitich Smith, visit his Web site.
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—Lord Byron
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—Phyllis Theroux
"I don't usually ignore advice, and I'm not suggesting that writers, especially beginning writers, should ignore advice from experts like agents and editors. I wouldn't have learned all I've learned and gotten as much published as I have if I didn't have mentors and people I listened to. But people's tastes are different and sometimes you just have to follow your instincts."
—Marisa Montes,
Children's Book Author