Making of the Books



Ever wonder how the sweet valley books were made? This section focuses on the writers, book packager, cover artists and publishing house who made it possible.

Ghost Writers

As mentioned earlier in the site (see author), not every sweet valley book was actually written by Francine Pascal. She works with selected editors and writers to pitch in a story that meet up to her high standards. Here are some of the ghost writers who took time to conribute and share their talent.

- Eileen Goudge (Sweet Valley High)
- Wendy Loggia (SVH: Senior Year)
- Kimberly Morris (sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley University, The Unicorn Club)
- Jennifer Armstrong (Sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley Kids)
- Gene Hult (Sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley University)
- Lizzie Skurnick (Sweet Valley University)
- Anne Hill (Sweet Valley High: Senior Year books Where We Belong and Be Mine)

Book Packager

Francine had gone to business with a book packager instead of going directly to the publishing house. A book packager creates the book- designing the cover and diting the novel-then sends the almost-finished product to the publishing house. During the existence of sweet valley in the publishing industry, Francine has workd with three book packagers, namely: the Cloverdale Press Inc., Daniel Weiss Associates and 17th Street Productions.

Cloverdale Press Inc. --> the first book packager that Francine has worked with from the release of the first SVH book, Double Love, in 1983 until 1997.

Daniel Weiss Associates --> the second book packager that Francine has worked with for 10 years (rom 1988 to 1998). This brought up the release of most of the sweet valley series: Sweet Valley Kids, Sweet Valley Twins, Team Sweet Valley, The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University.

17th Street Productions --> the third and last book packager that Francine has worked with from 1999 until 2003. They released the three remaining sweet valley series: SV Junior High, SVH: Senior Year and Elizabeth. A leading producer of fiction series for tens, the company produces 150 titles a year. For more info, visit their website at 17th Street Productions.com.

Cover Artists

A cover artist is responsible for the design of the book cover to make it appealing to the market. Before the SVH tv show was aired and the cover models, the earlier sweet valley books (from 1983 to 1997) features the characters drawn by the cover atists. Listd below are the cover artists for their creativity in designing the book covers:

- James Matthewuse
- Bruce Emmett
- Joe Danisi
- Sandro Rodorigo

Cover Photography

The cover photographer of sv books had mainly been Michael Segal, who photographed the SVH TV cast. The cover photographer for the SVHSY #46 Prom Night book is David Rinella.

Publishing House

Bantam Books is the one which prints, distributes and markets a sweet valley book. Every book is released simultaneously in the United States and Canada, then released around the world.



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