Faculty
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS:
Lane Shefter Bishop, Producer, CEO, Vast Entertainment
Donald Maass, President, Donald Maass Literary Agency
Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
LITERARY AGENTS:
Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management)
Suzie Townsend (New Leaf Literary & Media)
Kirsten Neuhaus (Foundry Literary + Media)
Jessica Regel (Jean Nagger Literary Agency)
Laura Biagi (Jean Nagger Literary Agency)
Sarah LaPolla (Curtis Brown, Ltd.)
Michelle Brower (Folio Literary Management)
Rebecca Strauss (DeFiore and Co.)
Peter Rubie (FinePrint Literary Management)
Alex Glass (Trident Media Group)
Linda Epstein (Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency)
Louise Fury (L. Perkins Agency)
Carrie Pestritto (The Prospect Agency)
Jennifer Udden (Donald Maass Literary Agency)
Emmanuelle Morgen (Stonesong Literary Agency)
Kristin Nelson (Nelson Literary Agency)
Katharine Sands (Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency)
Bridget Smith (Dunham Literary Inc.)
Jason Yarn (Paradigm)
Rachel Vogel (The Waxman Leavell Agency)
Roseanne Wells (Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency)
MacKenzie Fraser-Bub (Trident Media Group)
Sandy Lu (L. Perkins Agency)
Erin Harris (Folio Literary Management)
EDITORS:
Rhoda Belleza, Associate Editor, Paper Lantern Lit
Lynette Eklund, Senior Editor, Allegory ezine
AUTHORS:
PUBLISHING PROFESSIONALS:
and more to come!
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“The Fall 2009 Backspace Agent-Author Seminar was the most phenomenal conference I have ever attended. I was impressed with the amount of personal and individual attention every attendee received on both query letters and opening pages. The mixers with agents were wonderfully informal and comfortable, nothing like nerve-wracking pitch sessions. They provided a great opportunity to network with agents and other writers. I recommend this conference to all my writer friends.” — Lisa Iriarte
