Agents Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/category/agents/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:17:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Q&A with Literary Agent ERIN NIUMATA https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-erin-niumata/ https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-erin-niumata/#respond Sat, 28 Oct 2023 05:26:48 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=46616 Q&A with Literary Agent ERIN NIUMATA Folio Literary Management, VP and Literary Agent Erin Niumata has been in publishing for over three decades. She started as an editorial assistant at Simon and Schuster in the Touchstone/Fireside division for several years; then moved over to Harper Collins as an editor, and then she went to Avalon […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-erin-niumata/feed/ 0 46616 How I Found my Literary Agent https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-found-my-literary-agent-by-andrea-bartz/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-found-my-literary-agent-by-andrea-bartz/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:30:33 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=25964 Three years ago, I was a freelance writer with an extremely long Word document chilling on my hard drive. Today, those 98,000 words mark my shift from aspiring writer to fiction author: The Lost Night is coming out from Crown. My novel is a thriller about a woman uncovering the dark truths surrounding her best […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-found-my-literary-agent-by-andrea-bartz/feed/ 5 25964 Me and My Agent: Christina McDonald and Carly Watters https://booksbywomen.org/me-and-my-agent-christina-mcdonald-and-carly-watters/ https://booksbywomen.org/me-and-my-agent-christina-mcdonald-and-carly-watters/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:02:12 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=25159 A few days ago I did an interview and one of the questions was did I think having an agent was crucial in this business. The answer for me was a huge, resounding yes. My agent is Carly Watters at P.S. Literary Agency, and I literally wouldn’t be where I am now without her patient […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/me-and-my-agent-christina-mcdonald-and-carly-watters/feed/ 1 25159 BEING AGENTED IRL – Part Three https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-three/ https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-three/#respond Thu, 24 May 2018 10:49:29 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22960 A Twenty-Five-Question Interview Published as a Five Part Series Part One Part Two | Hosted by MM Finck | | Anonymously Answered By Agented Authors* with Varying Publishing Career Durations and Successes from Debut to Bestselling and Represented by Multiple Literary Agencies of Varying Sizes | QUESTION ELEVEN Historically, how many story ideas do you […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-three/feed/ 0 22960 BEING AGENTED IRL – Part Two https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-two/ https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-two/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:53:56 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22042 A Twenty-Five-Question Interview Published as a Five Part Series. Read Part One HERE | Hosted by MM Finck | | Anonymously Answered By Agented Authors* with Varying Publishing Career Durations and Successes from Debut to Bestselling and Represented by Multiple Literary Agencies of Varying Sizes | QUESTION SIX Did your first agented manuscript sell? If […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-two/feed/ 4 22042 BEING AGENTED IRL – Part One https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-one/ https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-one/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:41:12 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22040 A Twenty-Five-Question Interview Published as a Five Part Series | Hosted by MM Finck | | Anonymously Answered By Agented Authors* with Varying Publishing Career Durations and Successes from Debut to Bestselling and Represented by Multiple Literary Agencies of Varying Sizes | QUESTION ONE Why did you choose the traditional publishing track? Abha: Because I […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-one/feed/ 0 22040 Q&A with Laura Bradford, Literary Agent https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-laura-bradford-literary-agent/ https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-laura-bradford-literary-agent/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:59:11 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20735 The Bradford Literary Agency is a boutique agency which offers a full range of representation services to authors who are both published and pre-published. Our mission at the Bradford Literary Agency is to form true partnerships with our clients and build long-term relationships that extend from writing the first draft through the length of the […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-laura-bradford-literary-agent/feed/ 0 20735 Q&A with Sarah Landis, Literary Agent Sterling Lord Literistic https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-sarah-landis-literary-agent-sterling-lord-literistic/ https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-sarah-landis-literary-agent-sterling-lord-literistic/#respond Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:53:21 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20732 Before joining Sterling Lord Literistic in 2017, Sarah worked as an editor for fifteen years, holding roles at G.P. Putnam Son’s, Hyperion Books, HarperCollins Children’s Books, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. Over the course of her career, Sarah has had the pleasure of editing many talented authors including the likes of: Jodi […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-sarah-landis-literary-agent-sterling-lord-literistic/feed/ 0 20732 Q&A with Literary Agent Patricia Nelson, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-patricia-nelson-marsal-lyon-literary-agency/ https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-patricia-nelson-marsal-lyon-literary-agency/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2017 06:58:45 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18678 Patricia Nelson joined Marsal Lyon Literary Agency in 2014. She represents adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction, and is actively building her list. In general, Patricia looks for stories that hook her with a unique plot, fantastic writing and complex characters that jump off the page. On the adult side, she is seeking women’s […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-patricia-nelson-marsal-lyon-literary-agency/feed/ 0 18678 Q&A with Evan Gregory, Senior Literary Agent Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-evan-gregory-senior-literary-agent-ethan-ellenberg-literary-agency/ https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-evan-gregory-senior-literary-agent-ethan-ellenberg-literary-agency/#respond Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:05:35 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18624 Evan Gregory began at Ethan Ellenberg in 2008. He is currently expanding his client list. He has widespread interests including: FICTION – Horror, Mystery, Thrillers, Science-fiction, Fantasy, Women’s literature. NONFICTION – Arts, Cinema, Photography, Biography, Memoir, Business, Investment, Cooking, Food, Wine, Health, Diet, History, Nature, Ecology, Parenting, Family, Politics, Current affairs, Pop culture, Entertainment, Science, […]

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