Agent & Author Q&As
We know many members aspire to share their work and are navigating the often arduous experience of publishing.
Our A&A Q&A series (Agent & Author Question & Answer, that is) is all about supporting writers' journeys. These “fire-side” chats feature a published writer or an agent sharing the inside scoop about the process. Past topics have included:
Our A&A Q&A series (Agent & Author Question & Answer, that is) is all about supporting writers' journeys. These “fire-side” chats feature a published writer or an agent sharing the inside scoop about the process. Past topics have included:
- How someone chooses one publishing route over another
- Self-management and motivation throughout the writing process
- Recommendations and nuggets of wisdom for a yet-to-be-published writer
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September 26th
Mai Sennaar, novelist and Mariah Stovall, agent with Trellis Literary Management Mai Sennaar's debut novel, "They Dream in Gold," is forthcoming from Sarah Jessica Parker's SJP Lit imprint at Zando in the US and the Picador imprint at Pan Macmillan in the UK this summer. Her plays have been performed at the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and the Classical Theatre of Harlem. Learn more at maiwrites.com. Mariah Stovall joined Trellis Literary Management after agenting at Howland Literary and Writers House. Prior to that, she worked on the other side of things, at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and at Gallery Books. She has written fiction and nonfiction for Ninth Letter, Hobart, Joyland, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Catapult, The Paris Review, Poets & Writers, Literary Hub and more, and volunteered with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Learn more at trellisliterary.com/mariah-stovall. |
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Past A&A Q&As
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July 25th
Emily Williamson, agent, owner of Williamson Literary Emily represents a variety of projects in non-fiction and fiction, working with major publishers, university presses, and boutique imprints alike to find the perfect home for her clients’ work. She began her editing career in 2011 with Chrysalis Editorial in D.C. and founded Williamson Literary in 2016, driven by the desire to help great writers achieve their publishing goals. Prior to her literary career, Williamson spent 13 years traveling across the world as an archaeologist. Learn more at esjwilliamson.com. |
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June 13th
Leah Henderson, children's book author Leah is the author of many critically-acclaimed books for young readers including "The Courage of the Little Hummingbird," "Your Voice, Your Vote," "The Magic in Changing Your Stars," "A Day for Rememberin’," and "Together We March." She holds an MFA in Writing and is on the graduate writing program faculty at Spalding University. Because she has serious wanderlust, when she isn’t creating stories, she’s off someplace in the world getting lost, then found, discovering new ones. Learn more at leahhendersonbooks.com. |
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April 4th
Anna Sproul-Latimer, president of Neon Literary Anna represents all types of adult nonfiction - from memoir and history to pop culture, science, and parenting - as well as select literary fiction. Through her work as a literary agent, she hopes to harness the power of words to reshape the line of history. Prior to founding Neon, Anna spent nearly 15 years as a literary agent, foreign rights director, and developmental editor at DC’s Ross Yoon Agency. Learn more at NeonLiterary.com. |
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March 28th
Len Kruger, novelist and Caroline Bock, co-president of WWPH Len's debut novel, "Bad Questions," was the winner of the 2023 Washington Writers’ Publishing House (WWPH) Fiction Prize. His short fiction has appeared in Zoetrope-All Story, The Barcelona Review, The Potomac Review, Gargoyle, Splonk, and the anthology, "This is What America Looks Like: Fiction and Poetry from DC, Maryland, and Virginia." Caroline is the co-president and prose editor at the WWPH. She writes a regular column, "Small Talk," for the Washington Independent Review of Books, which spotlights small presses. She is also a novelist and short story writer. Learn more about Len at lenkruger.com, and Caroline at washingtonwriters.org. |
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February 8th
Kate Brody, novelist In her debut novel, Kate tells the story of a grief-stricken daughter's investigation into her father's suicide and sister's disappearance - a mystery that eventually drives her into madness. Kate has also published short stories in Literary Hub, pif magazine, and Write or Die magazine. Learn more at katebrodyauthor.com. |
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