Addition to agents page!
Please see our agents page where we have just added Samantha Fingerhut of Compass Talent. writeangles
literary agents
Announcing agents!
We are still at work lining up literary agents for our upcoming conference, but are happy to announce the two agents who have confirmed their participation. See our Agents page for full details about Amaryah Orenstein and Jennifer Udden. writeangles
More agents means more appointments
We have five agents scheduled for the conference this year, which means that more of you will be able to meet with one of them to discuss your project. Thanks to Lee for working so hard to make it happen! writeangles
Fourth literary agent confirmed
We are happy to announce we have added Mark Gottlieb as our fourth literary agent for this year\’s conference. We expect to announce a fifth agent very soon. writeangles
Tenacity trumps talent
The importance of tenacity is one of literary agent Jenny Bent\’s observations in an interesting and informative interview with her about how she became an agent and how she regards her role in book publishing. Among her insights is this: \”There are a lot of ways to attract the attention of an agent these days.\” …
This year\’s agent line-up
Popular favorite Jenny Bent is back and we have three great, new agents available for meetings with participants of the WriteAngles conference. Read more about them. Agent meetings are arranged on a first-come, first-served basis once registration begins in September. To get our announcement of the start of registration, be sure to subscribe to this …
An interview with agent Lindsay Edgecombe
Lindsay Edgecombe is an agent at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency. She represents journalists, debut novelists, crafty sorts, and cartoonists, among many others. She loves to uncover new talent and to work with her clients to develop great proposals from the spark of an idea. Her authors have contributed to NPR’s This American Life, written …
An interview with agent Jessica Sinsheimer
Jessica Sinsheimer has been reading and campaigning for her favorite queries since 2004. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she went east for Sarah Lawrence College and stayed for the opportunity to read soon-to-be books for a living. Now an Associate Agent at the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, she’s developed a reputation for …
An interview with Jenny Bent
Literary agent Jenny Bent founded The Bent Agency in 2009 after six years at Trident Media Group, most recently as a Vice President. She specializes in fiction, from the very literary to the very commercial, as well as memoir, women’s lifestyle, and humor. Her New York Times bestselling clients include Jacqueline Sheehan, Lynsay Sands, Julia …
Staying inspired
Our 24th annual writers conference in Western Massachusetts will take place on November 21.