Background
Sylvia K. Burack was born on December 16, 1916, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. She was the daughter of Abraham and Augusta Kamerman.
Northampton, MA 01063, United States
In 1938 Sylvia K. Burack received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College.
(Authors share their secrets about plotting, characterizat...)
Authors share their secrets about plotting, characterization, research, and dialogue, discuss the demands of each type of romance and list the editorial guidelines of major publishers.
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Selling-Romance-Sylvia-Kamerman/dp/0871161346/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Writing+and+Selling+the+Romance+Novel+Burack&qid=1596634471&s=books&sr=1-1
1983
(A collection of twenty-five dramatic pieces, including on...)
A collection of twenty-five dramatic pieces, including one-acts, skits, curtain raisers, and adaptations, for ages from the middle grades through high school.
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Comedies-One-Act-Adaptations/dp/0823802892/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Big+Book+of+Skits+Burack&qid=1596638399&s=books&sr=1-1
1989
Sylvia K. Burack was born on December 16, 1916, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. She was the daughter of Abraham and Augusta Kamerman.
In 1938 Sylvia K. Burack received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College.
In 1941 Sylvia K. Burack went to work for her husband as an associate editor for Writer, Inc., and Plays, Inc., in Boston, and took over the publishing companies in 1978, when her husband died. The Writer was designed to teach aspiring writers the mechanics of good writing and offer advice on how to get published, and Burack became highly respected among both aspiring and established authors for her good advice and encouragement. Burack also published Drama Magazine for Young People, from 1978 to 1999, which was all about plays for young audiences.
She served as a trustee for the Massachusetts state college system and the University of Massachusetts and was president of the Friends of Boston University Libraries. She retired from The Writer in 2000 and sold the company to Kalmbach Publishing, which continues to publish the magazines and related books.
In addition to her work as an editor and publisher, she was the author of numerous books about writing, some under her maiden name of Kammerman, including Writing the Short Story (1942), Writing and Selling the Romance Novel (1983), Writing Mystery and Crime Fiction (1985), How to Write and Sell Mystery Fiction (1990). How to Write and Sell Your Articles (1997), Writing for Children and Young Adults (2000), and the annual The Writer's Handbook; she also edited numerous collections of plays for children such as The Big Book of Holiday Plays (1990) and The Big Book of Skits (1996).
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1983(A collection of twenty-five dramatic pieces, including on...)
1989(Tells how to become a writer, discusses techniques for fi...)
1998Sylvia K. Burack was a member of the National Book Critics Circuit, the League of Women Voters, Phi Beta Kappa.
On November 28, 1940, Sylvia K. Burack married Abraham S. Burack. They had three children: Elizabeth Chapman, Susan Finer, Ellen Toker. In 1978 her husband died.