Track Changes: Agents: Who They Are, What They Do, And How to Get One

We meet Jennifer de Leon as she prepares for the release of her
debut young adult novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, on August
4. Though Jennifer has been writing for years, she quickly learns
that there’s a lot about Capital-P-Publishing that she doesn’t
know. (Hear her First Draft interview here.)


We meet Holly Root, literary agent and founder of Root Literary
who represents clients such as Victoria Schwab (hear her First
Draft interview here), Jasmine Guillory (listen to her First
Draft interview here), and Christina Lauren.


Seth Fishman, he’s an author and literary agent with The Gernert
Company and manager of their West Coast office,. He reps clients
such as John Joseph Adams, Ali Almossawi, and Kate Beaton.


This episode is brought to you by Writing in Place, the podcast
series brought to you by bestselling and Printz-winning author
Nina LaCour (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here),
who also brings you the Keeping a Notebook podcast and the Slow
Novel Lab.


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Track Changes is produced by Hayley Hershman. Zan Romanoff is the
story editor. The music was composed by Dan Bailey, and the logo
was designed by Collin Keith.