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Unique Craft-and-Market Workshops and Conferences
For Novel Planners, Beginners, and VeteransPhone: 1-800-250-8290
Fisherman's Wharf WC Faculty
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ISABELLA MICHON is a former TV and radio producer with more than 25 years of publicity and promotion experience. She has worked with many bestselling and award-winning authors including Deepak Chopra, Clive Barker, Day in the Life series co-creator David Cohen, and Robert Thurman, who Time named as "one of the 25 most influential people". Isabella's bookings include USA Today, NBC Nightly News, CBS This Morning, The Associated Press, NPR, CNN, The Tom Snyder Show, and the front page of The Wall Street Journal.
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MICHAEL NEFF, the chief workshop leader, is the editor and founder of Del Sol Press and the "Paris Review of the Internet," Del Sol Review. He also publishes several acclaimed literary journals including In Posse Review, Double Room, and The Potomac. His own work has appeared in such classic literary publications as The Literary Review, North American Review, Mudlark, Quarterly West, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Conjunctions, and American Way Magazine. His novel, YEAR OF THE RHINOCEROS has recently been published by Red Hen press ... [more].
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ELIZABETH POMADA, together with Michael Larsen, founded the first literary agency in San Francisco in 1972, and since that time they have helped hundreds of authors to achieve successful publication of their books. Recent manuscripts represented and sold to Pantheon, Warner, Berkley, and Tor. Two novel ms were recently selected from Algonkian workshops ... [more]
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LAURIE MCLEAN of Larsen-Pomada represents adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, 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. She is also a novelist herself, so she can empathize with the author's journey to and through publication. Check out her blog, www.agentsavant.com, for tales of the agenting life.
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DAVID COLE has spent almost 30 years in book publishing with stints in editing, production, publicity, marketing, and management. His company, Bay Tree Publishing, focuses on nonfiction works in the areas of business, personal finance, psychology, health, and current affairs. He is the author of three nonfiction books, including The Complete Guide to Book Marketing. The Founder and first President of the San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival, he also served as an instructor in the University of California Extension certificate program in publishing. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Independent Book Publishers Association and the Northern California Book Publicity and Marketing Association.
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Amy Burkhardt joined Reece Halsey North in 2007, and brings experience as a critical reader, an editor, and a writer. She is looking to represent both literary and commercial adult fiction, as well as narrative nonfiction, memoirs, mysteries with a twist, and historical fiction. Amy graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in English Literature and a concentration in Creative Writing. She is currently enrolled in the MFA in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco and is working on a novel of her own.
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MICHAEL LARSEN, together with Elizabeth Pomada, founded the first literary agency in San Francisco in 1972, and since that time they have helped hundreds of authors to achieve successful publication of their books. Recent manuscripts represented and sold to Pantheon, Warner, Berkley, and Tor. Two novel ms were recently selected from Algonkian workshops ... [more]
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= Conference Home Page =
Web del Sol/Algonkian Conferences
2020 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 443
Washington, D.C. 20006
algonkian@webdelsol.com
Phone: 1-800-250-8290
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