S3 E8: Nikki Barthelmess & Growing With Your Agent

Kat and Claribel talk about virtual events and how to
avoid burn out. They they talk to YA author Nikki Barthelmess
about how her life inspired her novels, how she ended up working
with her two agents when her original agent’s assistant was
promoted and became her agent!


Bio:


Nikki Barthelmess is an author of young adult books, including
THE QUIET YOU CARRY (out now!), QUIET NO MORE (Flux, fall 2020),
and EVERYTHING WITHIN AND IN BETWEEN (HarperChildren’s, fall
2021). Nikki entered foster care in Nevada at twelve and spent
the next six years living in six different towns. During this
time, Nikki found solace in books, her journal, and the teachers
who encouraged her as a writer. A graduate of the University of
Nevada, Nikki lives in Santa Barbara with her husband, daughter,
and pride-and-joy Corgi pup.


Follow Nikki online: Twitter | Instagram |
Website


Buy The Quiet You Carry


Buy Quiet No More


Mentions:


Sarah Gerton (agent at Curtis Brown)


Welcome Home Anthology


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Add FRIZZY on Goodreads


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Order VICIOUS SPIRITS (sequel to WICKED FOX)


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