Book.tex

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\documentclass{book}

% Useful packages
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{tocloft}

% Custom functions to declare a chapter author and have it appear in the TOC
\usepackage{suffix}

\newcommand\chapterauthor[1]{\authortoc{#1}\printchapterauthor{#1}}
\WithSuffix\newcommand\chapterauthor*[1]{\printchapterauthor{#1}}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\printchapterauthor}[1]{%
  {\parindent0pt\vspace*{-25pt}%
  \linespread{1.1}\large\scshape#1%
  \par\nobreak\vspace*{35pt}}
  \@afterheading%
}
\newcommand{\authortoc}[1]{%
  \addtocontents{toc}{\vskip-10pt}%
  \addtocontents{toc}{%
    \protect\contentsline{chapter}%
    {\hskip1.3em\mdseries\scshape\protect\scriptsize#1}{}{}}
  \addtocontents{toc}{\vskip5pt}%
}
\makeatother

% Title creation
\title{TITLE}
\author{YOU}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\tableofcontents

\frontmatter

Front matter (e.g. Preface, Dedication) goes here.

\mainmatter

Main content goes here

\backmatter

Back matter (e.g. Index, Bibliography) goes here

\end{document}