Past Faculty

2023 Agent Fest Literary Agents: Eloy Bleifuss (Janklow & Nesbitt), Alexandra Brown (Rising Action Publishing Collective), Savannah Brooks (KT Literary), Jenniea Carter (New Leaf Literary), Melissa Danaczko (Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency), Sarah Gerton (New Leaf Literary), Jolene Haley (Donal Maass Agency), Zach Honey (Fine Print Literary), Carrie Howland (Howland Literary), Madeline Wallace (Sanford J. Greenberger & Associates)

2023: Brent Bill, Jill Christman, Kelcey Ervick, Chadwick Gillenwater, John Gilstrap, Lou Harry, Dana Kaye, Haven Kimmel, Jess Lourey, Michael Martone, Mark Neely, Lori Rader-Day, Barbara Shoup, Liz Whiteacre

2022: Authors: Katrina Kittle, Martin Seay, Mia P. Manansala, Matthew Clemens, Michelle Falkoff, Kathleen Rooney, Jack Heffron, Jane Friedman, Angela Jackson-Brown

2022 Agent Fest Literary Agents: Tess Callero, Europa Content; Heather Carr, The Friedrich Agency; Haley Casey, Creative Media Agency, Inc.; Marisa Corvisiero, Corvisiero Literary Agency; Zabé Ellor, The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency; Jessica Felleman, Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency; Jolene Haley, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency; Eva M. Scalzo, Speilburg Literary; Hannah Strouth, Jane Rotrosen Agency

2021: Authors: Angela Jackson-Brown, Jessica Strawser, Jay Coles, Pam Mandel, Silas Hansen, Chadwick Gillenwater “Professor Watermelon,” Allison Joseph, Dirk Manning

2021 Agent Fest: Literary Agents/Editors: Savannah Brooks, Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency; Claire Harris, P.S. Literary; Mina Hamedi, Janklow & Nesbit Associates; Amanda Orozco, Transatlantic Agency; Jeff Ourvan, Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency; Regina Ryan, Regina Ryan Books; Rita Rosenkranz, Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency; Dani Segelbaum, Carol Mann Agency; Loan Le, editor, Simon & Schuster

2020: Authors: Sarah Aronson, Tracy Clark, Sarah Domet, Kelcey Parker Ervick, Lori Rader-Day, Carol Saller, Nick Werner, Jamie Thomas, Matthew Clemens, Larry D. Sweazy

2020 Agent Fest: Literary Agents/Editors: Jennifer Grimaldi, Charlberg & Sussman; Jolene Haley, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency; Eric Myers, Myers Literary Management; Latoya Smith, LCS Literary Services; Abby Saul, The Lark Group; Alice Speilburg, Speilburg Literary; Amy Stapp, Wolfson Literary; Cherry Weiner, Cherry Weiner Literary Agency; Shannon Kelly, Associate Editor, Abrams

2019: Authors: Mary Carter (Carlene O’Connor), Mitchell L.H. Douglas, Melissa Fraerrigo, Bryan Furuness, Cole Lavalais, Michael McColly, Ashley Hope Peréz, J.R. Roper, Jane Friedman, Holly Miller, Matthew Clemens, Larry D. Sweazy, Dianne Drake, Kelsey Timmerman

2019 Agent Fest: Literary Agents: Noah Ballard, Elizabeth Bewley, Savannah Brooks, Brenna English-Loeb, Joanna MacKenzie, Devin Ross, JL Stermer

2018: Authors: Brent Bill, Maurice Broaddus, Lucrecia Guerrero, Lou Harry, Holly Miller, Barbara Shoup, Larry Sweazy

2017: Authors: Angie Thomas, Becky Albertalli, John Gilstrap, Jess Lourey, Ruth McNally Barshaw, Nina Sadowsky, Mike Mullin, Mardi Jo Link, Amy Reichert, Melissa Marino, Matthew Clemens, Bronwen Dickey, Holly Miller, Dee Romito, Brenda Drake, Rena Olsen. Agents: Brooks Sherman, Jessica Sinsheimer, Eric Smith, Jennifer Laughran, Monica Odom, Roseanne Wells. Editors: Terri Bischoff, Lauren Smulski, Jessica Strawser. Specialists: Jane Friedman, Dana Kaye, Carol Topp, CPA.

2016: Authors: Julie Murphy, Natalie C. Parker, Ashley Ford, Matthew Clemens, Larry D. Sweazy, Lori Rader-Day, Jen Malone, Dee Romito, Amy E. Reichert, Karma Brown, Dennis Hensley & Holly Miller, Liz Whiteacre, Tom Williams, Wendy Beckman, Kelly O’Dell Stanley, Sarah Schmitt, D.E. (Dan) Johnson. Agents: Rachel Ekstrom, Molly Jaffa, Lauren MacLeod, Jim McCarthy, Uwe Stender, Brent Taylor. Editors: April Osborn, Liz Pelletier. Specialists: Jane Friedman, Carol Topp, CPA.

2015: Authors: Julie Hyzy, D.E. (Dan) Johnson, Cathy Day, Michael Shelden, Martha Brockenbrough, Ashley Ford, Christa Desir, Lori Rader-Day, Heidi Schulz, Lucrecia Guerrero. Agents: Janet Reid, Brooks Sherman, Elise Capron, Christa Heschke, Michelle Richter, Alec Shane. Editors: Annie Berger, Nicole Sohl. Specialists: Jane Friedman, Dana Kaye, Gary Hensley, Dee Romito.

2014: Elizabeth Berg, William Kent Krueger, Jess Lourey, Daniel José Older, Allison Joseph, Erik Deckers, Kelsey Timmerman, Sarah Beth Childers, Jon Tribble, Amanda Heckert, Laura Biagi, Bridget Smith, Peter Knapp, Katharine Sands, Beth Phelan, Jane Friedman, Gary Hensley

2013: Hank Phillippi Ryan, John Gilstrap, Matthew Clemens, D.E. Johnson, Colleen Coble, Barbara Shoup, Jane Friedman, Lou Harry, Hank Nuwer, Dennis Hensley, Holly Miller, Sarah LaPolla, Brooks Sherman, John Cusick, Victoria Marini, Amanda Luedeke, Gary Hensley

2012: Lee Martin, Terence Faherty, Julie Hyzy, Erica O’Rourke, Kathleen Rooney, Jack Heffron, Dennis Hensley, Holly Miller, D.E. Johnson, Kathleen Ortiz, Sarah LaPolla, Brooks Sherman, JL Stermer, Jane Friedman, Chuck Sambuchino, Gary Hensley

2011: Cathy Day, Patti Digh, JT Dutton, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Mike Lawson, Dennis Hensley, Holly Miller, Kathleen Ortiz, Jessica Sinsheimer, Roseanne Wells, Lois Winston, Dana Kaye, Matthew Clemens, Jane Friedman, Gary Hensley, David Slonim

2010: Marcus Sakey, John Gilstrap, Debra Marquart, Dinty W. Moore, Ann Tatlock, Candace Fleming, Dennis Hensley, Holly Miller, Uwe Stender, Suzie Townsend, Robin Mizell, Amy Boggs, Jane Friedman, Gary Hensley, Shirley Jump

2009: William Kent Krueger, John Gilstrap, Dianne Drake, Eric Butterman, Ginger Kolbaba, Dennis Hensley & Holly Miller, Joanna Volpe, Diane Freed, Jane Friedman, Ingrid Cummings, Thom Satterlee, Alan Garinger, Gary Hensley, Phil Gulley, Howie Snider

2008: Bill Fitzhugh, Tasha Alexander, Sally Wright, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Shirley Jump, Kevin Stein, J. Brent Bill, Jeff Stone, Lee Lofland, Josh Getzler, Anne Hawkins, Amy Tipton, Jane Friedman, Jean Dayton

2007: Steve Brewer, Nickole Brown, Crescent Dragonwagon, Dennis Hensley, Bob Mayer, Hanoch McCarty, Nelson Price, Heather Sellers, Michelle Medlock Adams, Matthew Clemens, Philip Gulley, Caren Johnson, Michael Mancilla, Susan Graham, Jane Friedman, Tom Britt, Marilyn Nesbitt, Katie Terrell

2006: Hallie Ephron, Claire Ewart, Lou Harry, Marilyn Kallet, Susan Meissner, Jessica Page Morrell, Hank Nuwer, Mike Redmond, James Alexander Thom, Dark Rain Thom, Robert Brown, Sharene Brown, Jane Friedman, Tom Britt, Mary Ellen Channon

2005: Jeffery Deaver, William Kent Krueger, Leigh Michaels, John Riddle, Gordon Kirkland, Mark Masse, Doug Crandell, David Shumate, Peter J. Welling, Dennis Hensley, Holly Miller, Wes Gehring, Jane Friedman, Tom Britt

2004: C. Michael Curtis, Elizabeth Cox, Mark Shaw, Barbara D’Amato, Michael Martone, Mary Ann O’Roark, April Pulley Sayre, Eugene Gloria, Layne Cameron, Dennis Hensley, Holly Miller, Alan Garinger, Wes Gehring, Matthew Clemens, Jane Friedman

2003: George Plimpton, Haven Kimmel, Robert Greer, Gene Brewer, Dennis Hensley, Susan Neville, Patti White, Alan Garinger, Peter Jacobi, Maris Soule, Gary Hensley, Jane Friedman

2002: John Gilstrap, John Riddle, Philip Gulley, Peter Rubie, Gloria Gaither, Nathan Aaseng, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Brenda Hiatt, Ann Gasser, Dianne Despain, Holly Miller, R. Karl Largent

2001: Bill Brashler, Ken Wales, Susan Wales, Tom Mullen, Jeff Herman, Deborah Levine, Hank Newer, Mark Zubro, Donna Guthrie, Brent Bill, Maurice Manning, Mark Masse, R. Karl Largent, Dianne Despain

2000: Richard Lederer, Terence Faherty, Karyn Whitmer-Gow, Karen Kovacik, Valiska Gregory, R. Karl Largent

1999: Donald Westlake, Robert Greer, Tom Clark, Margo LaGattuta, Dennis Hensley, Jane Chelius, Wes Gehring, Holly Miller, Jim Watkins, Mel Boring, Donna Penticuff, Earl Conn, Alan Garinger

1998: Joyce Carol Oates, Bill Brashler, David Collins, Alice Friman, Tom Mullen, James Alexander Thom, Lee Pennington, Linda Tomblin, Rich Barber, Nat Benchley

1997: Steve Bell, Marilyn Hammer, Mary Brown, Kathryn Fanning, Sam Hughes, Merline Lovelace, Loriann Hoff Oberlin

1996: Janette Oke, Liz Curtis Higgs, R. Karl Largent, Alana Nash, Mary Evans, Margo LaGattuta, Holly Miller, Susan Neville

1995: George Plimpton, Tom Clark, Christopher Keane, Hank Nuwer, Louis Brodsky, Linda Konner, Peter Rubie

1994: William Zinsser, Peter Jacobi, Alice Friman, Darlene Mathis-Eddy, David Page, James Sherbourne, Geri Toma, Linda Tomblin

1993: Rita Berman, Jeff Herman, Bill Myers, Lee Pennington, Virginia Muir, Dennis Hensley, Mildred Trivers, Wes Gehring

1992: Bill Brashler, Alan Seaburg, R. Karl Largent, Pamela Ahern, James Riordan, Darlene Mathis-Eddy

1991: Tom Clark, Jim Wayne Miller, James Alexander Thom

1990: Sally Stuart, Jonellen Heckler, Louis Daniel Brodsky

1989: David Collins, Christopher Keane, Alana Nash, Hank Nuwer, Dennis Hensley, Tom Koontz

1988: Bill Brashler, Lois Duncan, Gary Provost, Joe Hensley, Victor Oliver, Alan Seaburg, Dick Stodgill

1987: Lawrence Block, Donald Baker, David Collins, Hank Nuwer, Holly Miller, Marilyn (Kay Kay) Sharp, Dennis Hensley

1986: Clive Cussler, Tom Mullen, Guy Mendes, Stella Pevsner, Joan Vayo, Tom Mullen, Holly Miller

1985: James Alexander Thom, Bill Brashler, Lee Pennington

1984: Mary Higgins Clark (unable to be present), Lee Pennington, Marilyn (Kay Kay) Sharp

1983: William Brashler, Siv Cedering, Floyd Thatcher, Holly Miller, Maroin Bauer, John Zehring, Joseph Costa

1982: David Collins, Tom Mullen, Floyd Thatcher, William Brashler, Sharon Sorenson, William Kienzle, Thomas McAfee

1981: Jim Wayne Miller, Victor Oliver, Guy Owen, Stella Pevsner, Jane Bachman, Bill Thomas, Gordon Weaver

1980: Robert Newton Peck, Harry Mark Petrakis, Joe Hensley, Tom Mullen, Floyd Thatcher, Grace Butcher, Bill Thomas

1979: Jared Carter, Jack Matthews, Tom Mullen, Stella Pevsner, Janet Hickman, Floyd Thatcher, Bill Thomas, David L. Smith

1978: Dorothy Hamilton, David Collins, Kate McNair, Lee Pennington, Lois Swann, Guy Owen, Bill Thomas, Walter Tevis

1977: David Collins, Dorothy Hamilton, Joe Hensley, Jack Matthews, Kate McNair, Lee Pennington, James Treadway

1976: Madeline L’Engle, Harry Mark Petrakis, Tom Mullen, Lee Pennington, John Knoepfle, Berniece Rabe, Hollis Summers

1975: Jesse Stuart, Tom Mullen, Harry Mark Petrakis, Jamie Lee Cooper, Dorothy Hamilton

1974: Jessamyn West, D. Elton Trueblood, Frederic Birmingham

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