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How to Write a Cookbook

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  • 20 Lessons

Most How-To courses are created by authors and reflect only their publishing experience. This course, designed by Senior Literary Agent, Sally Ekus of The Ekus Group, provides you the expertise of hundreds of cookbook deals. In this course, you will learn how to publish a cookbook from the people who know what publishers want. Est. completion time: 2.5 hours Est. completion time with homework: 4-5 hours

Meet the Creators

Sally Ekus

Owner and Literary Agent

Sally represents a wide range of culinary talent, from first-time cookbook authors and seasoned chefs, to professional food bloggers, social media influencers and television personalities. Sally has brokered over 300 book deals with top publishers including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and numerous indie publishers.

Follow Sally at @sallyekus on Instagram and join the How to Be a Cookbook Author Facebook Group.

Lisa Ekus

Founder and President

Lisa Ekus founded the agency in 1982 and has worked with prominent culinary figures such as Emeril Lagasse, Julia Child, Toni Tipton-Martin, and Anne Willan. The full-service culinary agency has four core divisions: literary agenting, talent representation, media training, and PR consulting. The agency represents more than 200 authors and works with leading publishers worldwide. 

Follow The Ekus Group at @ekusgroup on Instagram and online at www.LisaEkus.com.

The Ekus Group

The Ekus Group is a full service culinary agency.

It is our belief that a vibrant culinary industry is the result of many voices and collaborations. We work to support and connect culinary professionals across all platforms.

 We provide Literary and Talent representation as well as Media Training and Consulting services.

We also offer other industry workshops.