Meet Agent Fest Online 2024 Faculty T.S. Ferguson, Azantian Literary Agency
Meet T.S. Ferguson Before joining Azantian Literary Agency, T.S. Ferguson worked for 16 years as an editor for some of the top children’s and teen book publishers in the business,…
Meet Agent Fest Online 2024 Faculty Erin Hosier
Meet Erin Hosier Erin Hosier is the author of the memoir Don’t Let Me Down (Atria, 2019), and the coauthor of Hit So Hard by Patty Schemel (Da Capo, 2017). She is the co-creator and…
Meet Agent Fest Faculty Leticia Gomez, Dafina/Kensington Publishing Corporation
Meet Leticia Gomez Leticia Gomez is the Editorial Director for Dafina Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp., which focuses on high-quality fiction and non-fiction that centers on race, identity, and…
Meet Agent Fest Faculty Shannon Snow, Creative Media Agency
Meet Shannon Snow Shannon Snow worked in finance and marketing for 18 years before turning to her childhood first love… books and writers. She started her publishing career in 2018…
Meet Agent Fest Online 2024 Faculty Amy Giuffrida, Belcastro Agency
Meet Amy Giuffrida After Amy earned her BA at the University of Kutztown and a M.Ed. from Lock Haven University, she incorporated her love of reading and books with being…
Meet Agent Fest 2024 Faculty Maggie Sadler, Corvisiero Agency
Meet Maggie Sadler Maggie Sadler earned her joint Masters with honors in Comparative Literature and English from the historic University of St Andrews and her Masters in Literary Studies from…
Meet Agent Fest Online Faculty Jessica Berg, Rosecliff Literary
Meet Jessica Berg Jessica Berg is a literary agent at Rosecliff Literary. She leverages her extensive background as a developmental editor to champion new and emerging authors. She is actively building…
Your Writing is Ready for Agent Fest, Even if You Think it Isn’t
“But I’m not ready to pitch!” Here’s the thing. You don’t necessarily have to be. Yes, you can sign up to pitch up to three agents when you register…but that’s…
The (Dreaded) Agent Pitch
Pitches can be nerve-wracking! It’s not so easy to boil your work down to its salient themes and summarize the main plot points, to make sure you give the right…
What’s in a First Page Read with Literary Agents?
What can a First Page Read do for you? I attended a First Page Read for the first time about ten years ago and it was the single best thing…
