Heather Weidner is a mystery writer with a long line of successful books.

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She was editor with over fifteen years’ experience working for three major houses across a broad spectrum of commercial titles within fiction, non-fiction and children’s. This also included three years spent working in the Australian publishing industry. For nine years, I headed up the UK arm of one of the largest global brands of science fiction and fantasy, Tor. I’ve worked on bestselling and award-winning authors such as Ann Cleeves, Peter F. Hamilton, China Miéville, Neal Asher, Amanda Hocking, Naomi Novik and TV/Game partnerships including Halo, The Returned, The Walking Dead and Twin Peaks.

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Madeleine Milburn has been named as one of the The Bookseller‘s 150 Most Influential People in the Book Trade. she was named as Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards 2018.Two years on from Madeleine’s first inclusion on this list – known in the industry as The Bookseller 150 – the Agency has doubled in size, outgrowing our offices in Shepherd Market.

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Chat with a publisher. Learn what it takes to be in the publishing game and how you can get published.

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Selene Castrovilla is an award-winning nonfiction and fiction author who is dedicated to uncovering hidden truths about both our nation's history and about ourselves.

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Bernadette Walsh is a native New Yorker who, when she is not busy practicing law or making family sandwiches, enjoys writing novels and hosting her interview podcast, NICE GIRLS READING NAUGHTY BOOKS.

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Jo Wilkins is the Educational chair for the Henderson writer's group. She is an author, editor, and founder of las vegas writers conference.She also heads up Mystic Publishers, Inc. They have signed 9 authors so far, and the company is looking for first time authors who are 99%.

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Melody L. Simpson is the Founder and CEO of Melanin in YA. Melody is also novelist and screenwriter and writes sci-fi, young adult speculative fiction, and nonfiction pop culture

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Ellah Wakatama, OBE, Hon. FRSL, is Editor-at-Large at Canongate Books, a senior Research Fellow at Manchester University and Chair of the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. She was the founding Publishing Director of the Indigo Press

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S.G Tasz is a Las Vegas-based fiction writer working primarily in the genres of comedy-horror, paranormal fantasy, supernatural realism, and the intersections of all three.Past works include a couple of award-winning 48-hour Film Projects and a six-webisode comedy-drama about two women working in the indie porn industry. That one didn’t win any awards.

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