Description
About to start, or finish, that manuscript? Join us to hear what two AGENTS, two EDITORS, look for in a PITCH or query LETTER. This 90-minute panel, moderated by a publishing marketing veteran, is co-hosted by the New York and Boston chapters of WNBA.
The panelists will clarify what elements and information are most important, What Matters to agents, to editors as they review pitch (or “query”) letters, especially for works of fiction or memoir. What ammunition can help an author “sell” their work to an agent? Help an agent sell a writer’s work to a publisher? Help an editor “sell” that book to the acquisition committee?
This ONLINE event via CROWDCAST will be May 13 at 6:30 -8:00 pm EDT. All are welcome to attend. WNBA members of all chapters should enter the discount code sent via email. If you’re a member and you didn’t receive an email please contact your local membership chair.
PANELISTS:
Bridget Marmion, Moderator: Bridget has worked in editorial, sales, publicity and was marketing director at Farrar, Straus, Giroux, Random House, and Houghton Mifflin. She launched her own marketing firm, Your Expert Nation Inc in 2012.
Laura Gross: Laura represents a broad range of both fiction and non-fiction writers including Liese O’Halloran Schwarz, Keletso Mopai, Martin Philip, Jodi Picoult, Jeffrey Sterling and Yvonne Lin. She loves to read the work of vibrant new voices and, in particular, is looking for stories, both fiction and non-fiction with any or all of the following elements: espionage, science, newcomers, history, fresh perspectives and always delicious writing.
Johanna Castillo: Johanna is a Senior Agent at Writers House Literary Agency. A seasoned professional in the publishing industry, Johanna was formerly Vice President & Executive Editor at Atria Books/Simon and Schuster and Editorial Director of Atria Español for nearly fifteen years.
Margaret Marbury: Margaret is the Vice President of Editorial at Harlequin Trade Publishing (HTP), a division of HarperCollins that includes the following imprints:Park Row Books, Hanover Square Books, MIRA Books, HQN Books and Graydon House. A veteran of publishing for nearly 30 years, Margaret works with the various HTP editors to acquire adult fiction and nonfiction.
Tara Parsons: Tara Parsons was named Associate Publisher of The HarperOne Group at HarperCollins Publishers in November of 2018. She is responsible for overseeing the marketing department for three of the HarperOne Group’s imprints: Amistad, HarperCollins Español, and HarperVia. Tara also acquires and edits titles for Amistad and HarperVia. Prior to HarperCollins, Tara worked as Editor-in-Chief of Touchstone Books at Simon & Schuster, Editorial Director of Fiction at Amazon Publishing, and Editorial Director at Mira Books. She currently serves on the Board of Words Without Borders.
