Andrea Jo DeWerd is a book marketing strategist, publishing consultant, speaker, and founder of the future of agency LLC, the industry’s only full-service book marketing agency headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. A veteran of Big 5 publishing with more than 107 career New York Times bestsellers, Andrea has led campaigns across commercial and literary fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction, business, wellness, cookbooks, and major lifestyle brands in roles at SImon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, and HarperCollins—including for authors such as Marc Benioff, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ashley Flowers, Pati Jinich, Jamie Metzl, Elizabeth Strout, Dr. Tara Swart, Tara Westover, and Marie Yovanovitch. Andrea is a frequent speaker on what’s actually working in book marketing today, helping authors, publishers, and industry professionals navigate an increasingly complex publishing landscape. She holds an M.S. in Publishing from New York University and is also the author of the historical fantasy novel What We Sacrifice for Magic (Alcove Press).