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TODAY: St. Martin's editor Sarah Cantin
Today I’m talking to Sarah Cantin, VP, Editorial Director, Fiction at St.
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TODAY: literary agent Alia Hanna Habib
In 2023, Alia Hanna Habib was included in Vulture’s “Inside Power” issue. Doubleday editor Yaniv Soha told the outlet, “When a submission comes in from…
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TODAY: literary agent Kara Rota
Today I’m talking to Kara Rota, Senior Agent at Thompson Literary, who represents memoir plus, parenting, pop culture, and mind/body/spirit books…
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TODAY: FSG editor Jackson Howard
Today I’m talking to Jackson Howard, Senior Editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and its imprints MCD and AUWA (headed by Questlove).
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TODAY: book publicist Justina Batchelor
on pitching memoir, literary fiction, and nonfiction
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TODAY: Putnam editor Tara Singh Carlson
the first editor to have two books selected by Reese
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TODAY: executive marketing director Aly Mostel
on marketing nonfiction
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TODAY: literary agent Allison Hunter
on selling fiction
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TODAY: BookTok creator Stacey Yu
on what writers need to know about TikTok
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TODAY: literary agent Mackenzie Brady Watson
on selling memoir in today's market
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TONIGHT: nonfiction editor Kate Napolitano
Kate Napolitano has acquired and edited books by Anne Helen Petersen, Jennifer Romolini, Malala Yousafzai, Phoebe Robinson, Cazzie David, and Pamela…
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TODAY: Random House marketing director Windy Dorresteyn
on how to market fiction
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