Jenny Bent on The Path of a Literary Agent and Founder of The Bent Agency
Jenny founded The Bent Agency nearly 10 years ago and it has now grown into having nine agents with a strong focus on international rights and has offices in New…
Nikki Grimes on Crafting Compelling Characters
Nikki Grimes is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of dozens of children’s and young adult books as well as a poet and journalist. Throughout her prolific career, Nikki…
Rachel Caine on Balancing A Successful Writing Career and Multiple Day Jobs
Rachel Caine is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of more than fifty novels in a diverse range of genres and categories. She has been…
Emily X.R. Pan on Navigating A Meaningful Path after a Career Change
Emily X.R. Pan is the New York Times bestselling author of her debut novel “The Astonishing Color of After”. She is the founding editor-in-chief of Bodega Magazine, and a 2017 Artist-in-Residence…
Rhoda Belleza on Silencing Your Internal Editor
Rhoda Belleza is a children’s editor at a publishing house and is the author of Empress of a Thousand Skies and Blood of a Thousand Stars. The New York Times Book…
The Querying Mistake We’re All Making by Sara Holland
I am incredibly lucky that the book gods have allowed me to spend all my time working on books, as a junior literary agent by day and an author by…
KELLY LOY GILBERT: Getting to The Heart of The Story
Kelly Loy Gilbert is the author of Conviction, a William C. Morris Award finalist, and her newest novel, Picture Us in the Light. In today’s episode, Kelly brings us behind-the-scenes of…
Roshani Chokshi on Writing What You Want To See In The World
Roshani Chokshi is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling novel, The Star-Touched Queen, and A Crown of Wishes, and her recently released middle grade debut Aru Shah and the…
