Susieangela's advice is spot on.
Also I'm a big fan of bigging up what Emma has previously described as the non- fiction hook. If there is anything at all about you which will help sell the book then stick it in. For me it was doing the same job as my MC.
HB x
Add to that paranoic insomniac, though I think I've got the letter down thanks to the feedback from Susie and Naomi now I'm fretting over all the punctuation in my submission!