2012 Writers' Institute Agents and Editor
Terri Bischoff joined Midnight Ink as an Acquiring Editor in October 2009. She leads all editorial directions and creates the seasonal lists. She has dramatically increased the number of titles per season, as well as expanded the type of crime fiction MI has published. Terri has a wealth of experience and knowledge in both mysteries and in bookselling, having been involved for 15 years in all areas of bookstore operations, particularly as book buyer and reviewer. She has worked at Kramer Books in Washington, DC, and more recently, Terri owned and operated Booked For Murder Mystery Bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin.
A native of Wisconsin, John Bolger attended Boston College for undergraduate school, where he studied English and was in the Pre-Law program. After graduating, John taught English at UW- Milwaukee, where he obtained his PhD in English, Creative Writing. He also attended Marquette University Law School, and he now works as an attorney and as a literary agent. He has given several presentation regarding publishing, writing contracts, copyrights, and other issues involving the law and writing. He started Middle West Literary Agency in 2006 and enjoys helping Midwestern writers get their work published.
Joëlle Delbourgo is President and Founder of Joëlle Delbourgo Associates. A highly energetic former publishing executive and editor turned entrepreneur and literary agent, she has devoted more than three decades to identifying and developing literary talent. A passionate bibliophile and advocate for writers, she strives to guide their careers, with an eye to bringing their work to as many readers as possible, in as many forms as possible. She brings in-depth "insider" knowledge of the industry from her prior editorial and executive publishing positions at Random House and HarperCollins to literary management. She is a member of AAR (Association of Authors' Representatives).
Joëlle looks for distinctive voices, groundbreaking research, "big think" books, memorable writing. Her clients include journalists, business leaders, commercial and literary novelists (both adult and young adult), medical experts, historians, scientists, self-help experts, psychologists, entrepreneurs, bloggers, food writers and ghostwriters.
Joëlle is as sought-after speaker and instructor at writing conferences and workshops worldwide. Joëlle holds a Master of the Arts in English and Comparative Literature with Honors from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of the Arts from Williams College, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a double concentration in History and English Literature. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, she has lived on three continents, is fluent in French, and considers herself to be a citizen of the world.
Linda Konner has been in the publishing business for over 30 years, as an agent, author, editor, columnist and lecturer. She has served as editor-in-chief of Weight Watchers Magazine and Richard Simmons’s monthly newsletter, Richard Simmons & Friends, and was a features editor at Redbook, Seventeen and Woman's World. She was a columnist for Glamour and Fitness magazines, and her articles have appeared in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Playboy, The N.Y. Daily News, Cosmopolitan, TV Guide and Woman's Day. Her controversial piece for New Woman magazine, "Living Apart and Loving It," became the basis for Donahue and Sally Jessy Raphael shows.
Konner has lectured on book and magazine publishing at more than four dozen writers' conferences and colleges, including New York University, the Willamette Writers' Conference (Portland, Oregon), the Cape Cod Writers’ Conference, Brooklyn College, the BlissDom bloggers’ conference, and the University of Wisconsin (River Falls).
Konner is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, the Authors Guild, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
At Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents in San Francisco, Northern California’s oldest literary agency founded in 1972, Laurie McClean represents adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, nouveau westerns, mysteries, suspense, thrillers, etc.) as well as middle-grade and young-adult books. She looks for great writing, first and foremost, followed by memorable characters, a searing storyline and solid world building.
For more than 20 years Laurie ran a multi-million dollar eponymous public relations agency in California's Silicon Valley. She is passionate about marketing, publicity, negotiating, editing and a host of other business-critical areas. She is also a novelist herself, so she can empathize with the author's journey to and through publication.
Finally, Laurie is the dean of the new San Francisco Writers University at www.SFWritersU.com and on the management team of the San Francisco Writers Conference.
Check out her blog, www.agentsavant.com, for tales of the agenting life, and www.larsenpomada.com for valuable information and links, plus her submission guidelines.
Andy Ross has been a literary agent since January 2008. Prior to that, he was the owner of Cody's Books in Berkeley, California for 30 years.
Andy specializes in non-fiction, particularly narrative non-fiction, history, current events, and journalism as well as literary and young adult fiction. He has secured book contracts in other genres as well. Andy has served on the faculty of numerous writers conferences and has conducted workshops on writing non-fiction book proposals and working with a literary agent.
Andy is a member of the Association of Author Representatives (AAR).
Check out Andy's website and blog:
- Website: www.andyrossagency.com
- Blog: "Ask the Agent" www.andyrossagency.wordpress.com
Gordon Warnock, Senior Agent with Andrea Hurst Literary Management, combines industry knowledge with a sharp editorial eye and experience as a college-level tutor to provide friendly and respectful aid with polishing manuscripts and book proposals. He is a frequent teacher and speaker in the literary community at events such as the San Francisco Writers’ Conference, the AWP national conference and bookfair, and the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts MFA program.
With a zest for fresh, new writing and a deep love of the classics, Gordon always has his eye out for works which will not only thrive in the current market but will also withstand the test of time, bringing joy to readers for years to come. In that spirit, he seeks to establish involved, long term working relationships with talented and dedicated authors of many genres.
Specific genres Gordon represents include: Memoir, Cookbooks, Political and Current Events, Humor, Career, Self-Help, Pets, Commercial Fiction and Contemporary Realistic YA (that means no vampires).
He does not represent: Religious Fiction, Genre Fiction, New Age, Children’s, Middle Grade, Collections of Essays, Short Fiction or Poetry.