What Agents Really Look for in Authors

Clare Toohey, Donna Bagdasarian, Josh Getzler, Paige Wheeler, Stacia Decker, and Vicky Bijur offer candid insight into the author agent relationship. They discuss submissions, representation, and the qualities that help writers stand out in a competitive field.

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Urban Detectives versus Rural Investigators

What Would Rockford Do?: The Private Eye’s Code and Why It Still Matters

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