Writer Experience

Brian Birnbaum is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor at Dead Rabbits Books, and the Author of Emerald City, a novel. He grew up thirty minutes west of Camden Yards in Baltimore, where at four years old he cried because the Yankees were losing. An MFA graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, his work has been published or is forthcoming in The Smart Set, The Collagist, Atticus Review, SLAM Magazine, Political Animal, LUMINA, and more. Brian is a child of Deaf adults (CODA) and works in development for the family sign language interpreting business. He lives in Harlem with the writer M.K. Rainey and their dog.

https://twitter.com/brianburnbomb

https://www.deadrabbitsbooks.com/books#/emerald-city/

Michael J. Tougias is a New York Times Best Selling Author and Co-Author of 29 books. Among his Best Sellers are The Finest Hours (Disney Motion Pictures' version opened in 45 countries in January 2016), Fatal Forecast, Overboard, King Philip's War, and There's A Porcupine In My Outhouse: The Vermont Misadventures of a Mountain Man Wannabe.

His newest book, Into The Blizzard, is in stores now:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627792837

https://twitter.com/michaeltougias

We went through our interviews with 4 literary agents for insights about the Query Letter process, and edited together their answers by question.

Erin Niumata is SVP at Folio Literary Management.

Marlo Berliner is an Associate Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency.

Andrea Morrison is a Literary Agent at Writers House, A Literary Agency.

Cate Hart is a Literary Agent at Harvey Klinger Literary Agency.

Lauren S. Hissrich is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Showrunner of the Netflix original series The Witcher, based on the book series Andrzej Sapkowski, which was recently reported as being the most in-demand TV show in the world. Previously, Lauren has written scripts for TV including The West Wing and Justice, as well as written and produced shows such as Parenthood, Do No Harm, Private Practice, Daredevil, The Defenders, and The Umbrella Academy.

The Witcher S1 is out now on Netflix.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685

https://twitter.com/LHissrich

Vanessa Shealy is a critically-acclaimed Writer, Graphic Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter, Actor, and Creator of things. She just recently completed her indie middle grade sci-fi comic book, Couri Vine, about a nerdy girl living on the moon faced with extraordinary obstacles and adventures, which she co-wrote with Leah Lovise. Couri Vine is available on Comixology now. Vanessa also just finished post-production on the short film, Naked, which she wrote and co-directed.

https://www.vanessashealy.com/

https://www.courivine.com/

Erin Niumata is SVP at Folio Literary Management.

https://twitter.com/ecniumata

L.L. McKinney is the author of the Nightmare-Verse books, an urban fantasy re-telling of Alice in Wonderland, starring a Black Alice, starting with the A BLADE SO BLACK trilogy (A Blade So Black, A Dream So Dark, A Crown so Cursed), and an upcoming graphic novel for DC Comics featuring Nubia, Wonder Woman’s twin sister. She's also an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing and the creator of the hashtag #WhatWoCWritersHear.

https://us.macmillan.com/series/thenightmareverse/

https://twitter.com/ElleOnWords

Chris Sanchez is Senior Editor at Mad Cave Studios.

"Over the Ropes" issue #1 was just released on December 4th.

https://madcavestudios.com/product-category/series/over-the-ropes/

"Savage Bastards" is available to pre-order now.

https://twitter.com/ythelastchris

Hena Khan is a critically-acclaimed Pakistani-American Children's Author of Amina's Voice; Power Forward; On Point; Bounce Back; It’s Ramadan, Curious George; Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns; and The Night of the Moon. Her newest book, MORE TO THE STORY, is a Little Women inspired and takes on the concerns of a Muslim Pakistani-American family in 2019, just launched in September through Simon & Schuster's Salaam Reads imprint.

https://www.amazon.com/More-Story-Hena-Khan/dp/1481492098

https://twitter.com/henakhanbooks

Marlo Berliner is an Associate Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency in NYC. She's also the award-winning, Amazon #1 best-selling Author of The Ghost Chronicles.

https://twitter.com/MarloBerliner