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April 17, 2025
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Amy Moore-Benson

In-Person Conference Amy is a literary agent. Her list is primarily focused on commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction: domestic thrillers, high-concept suspense, romance, voice-driven women’s fiction, memoir, ripped-from-the-headlines narratives, personal investigations. At the heart of all
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April 17, 2025
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Timothy Travaglini

In-Person Conference Since 1994, Timothy Travaglini has worked in trade marketing for Scholastic, Inc.; as a bookseller for Books of Wonder, an all-children’s bookstore in New York City; and has edited for Henry Holt and Company, Walker & Company, G. P. Putnam’s Sons (Penguin Young Readers
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April 17, 2025
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Arley Sorg

In-Person Conference ARLEY SORG is an associate agent at kt literary. He is co-Editor-in-Chief at Fantasy Magazine, Senior Editor and film reviewer at Locus Magazine, book reviewer at Lightspeed Magazine, columnist for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and interviewer at Clarkesworld Maga
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April 17, 2025
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Jo Ramsay

In-Person Conference Jo Ramsay is a Literary Agent at Transatlantic Agency. They’ve worked in publishing for over eight years at a number of publishers and literary magazines which include Simon and Schuster, Shrapnel Magazine, Arsenal Pulp Press, PRISM International, and Greystone Books. Their wr
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April 17, 2025
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Sara Megibow

In-Person Conference Sara Megibow is the President and Senior Literary Agent of Megibow Literary Agency. She has worked in publishing since 2006 and represents New York Times bestselling authors including Rebecca Roanhorse, Margaret Rogerson, Roni Loren, Jason M. Hough and Jaleigh Johnson. Sara spec
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April 17, 2025
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Helen Masvikeni

In-Person Conference Helen’s unique background brings an interesting and fresh perspective to the publishing world. She has an extensive background in the arts being an internationally-performing musician and photographer as well as having worked in video, theatre and film. With a Business and Mar
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April 17, 2025
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Estelle Laure

In-Person Conference As a Literary Agent/Senior Content Development Editor at Folio Jr., Estelle edits picture books, middle grade, and young adult, and acquires and develops existing talent alongside Emily van Beek. Since 2012, Estelle has been working as an editorial consultant and developmental e
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April 17, 2025
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Bridgette Kam

In-Person Conference Bridgette Kam is a literary agent at the Toronto-based agency Westwood Creative Artists, where she’s been since 2019 and represents authors of books for adults and young readers. Before becoming at agent, she studied English literature at the University of Hong Kong and UC
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April 17, 2025
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Jordan Hill

In-Person Conference Jordan Hill is a Literary Agent at New Leaf Literary and Media. Jordan is primarily pursuing genre and upmarket fiction for adults with a focus on SFF and horror. Whether through relationships, plot, or conflict, books on her list often address the question: all hope is lost, wh
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April 17, 2025
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Ryan Harbage

In-Person Conference Ryan Harbage founded The Fischer-Harbage Agency in January, 2007 and has represented nine #1 New York Times bestselling authors of fiction and nonfiction. Books represented by the agency have received many accolades, among them: the American Bookseller’s Association Indies Cho
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April 17, 2025
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Rose Ferrao

In-Person Conference Rose Ferrao is an associate agent at P.S. Literary Agency. She began her publishing career in London, working in non-fiction at Bloomsbury and science fiction, fantasy and horror at Orbit Books. She has a BA in English Literature and Film from Queen’s University and an MA in P
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April 17, 2025
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Sorche Fairbank

In-Person Conference Since establishing Fairbank Literary Representation in 2002, Sorche Elizabeth Fairbank has had the pleasure of working with a dynamic and varied client list, representing bestselling authors, award-winning journalists, artists, and illustrators, television and YouTube stars, and
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April 9, 2024
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Karly Dizon

Virtual Conference Karly Dizon is an agent at Fuse Literary building universes with stories that matter. Karly is aggressively building her client list to boost and give visibility to marginalized voices, experiences, history, culture, folklore, and mythology. She believes that children should be ab
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April 28, 2022
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Nephele Tempest

In-Person Conference Nephele Tempest joined The Knight Agency in January, 2005, opening the Los Angeles-area office. As an agent, she loves to help her clients hone their skills and build their careers. Nephele initially worked on the editorial side of the publishing business before leaving to try o
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April 28, 2022
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Donald Maass

In-Person Conference Donald Maass founded the Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York in 1980. He is the author of The Career Novelist (1996),Writing the Breakout Novel (2001), Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook (2004), The Fire in Fiction (2009), The Breakout Novelist (2011), Writing 21st Century
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April 28, 2022
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Laura Bradford

In-Person Conference Laura Bradford established the Bradford Literary Agency in 2001. She considers herself an editorial-focused agent and takes a hands-on approach to developing proposals and manuscripts with her authors for the most appropriate markets. Laura’s clients include both debut and
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April 1, 2019
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Jill Marr

In Person Conference Jill Marr Jill is an agent at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. She graduated from SDSU with a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing and a minor in history. She has over 20 years of publishing experience, and wrote features and ads for Pages, the literary magazin
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May 8, 2018
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Naomi Davis

In-Person Conference Naomi Davis is a Senior Literary Agent with BookEnds Literary Agency. With over ten years of experience, Naomi represents adult and YA speculative and contemporary fiction, as well as select picture books. In adult fiction, Naomi is seeking fiction that blends genres such as fan
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