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Muse & the Marketplace 2018

Featured Speakers

Min Jin Lee

PACHINKO

Author

Peter Ho Davies

THE FORTUNES

Author

Celeste Ng

LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE

Author

Mitchell Zuckoff

13 HOURS: THE INSIDE ACCOUNT OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN BENGHAZI

Author

Steve Almond

BAD STORIES

Author

Alexander Chee

HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL

Author

Jenna Blum

THE LOST FAMILY

Author

Sorche Fairbank

Fairbank Literary

Literary Agent

Elena Passarello

ANIMALS STRIKE CURIOUS POSES

All-Conference Read in Non-Fiction

Tony Tulathimutte

PRIVATE CITIZENS

All-Conference Read in Fiction

Speakers

Alysia Abbott

FAIRYLAND

Author

Xhenet Aliu

BRASS

Author

Kim van Alkemade

BACHELOR GIRL

Author

Miriam Altshuler

DeFiore Literary

Literary Agent

MA

Mia Alvar

Rob Arnold

Aevitas Creative Management

Literary Agent

Eve Attermann

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

Literary Agent

Noah Ballard

Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Literary Agent

Rachel Barenbaum

A BEND IN THE STARS

Author

Stephen Barr

Writers House

Literary Agent

Lynne Barrett

MAGPIES

Author

Sarah Bedingfield

Levine Greenberg Rostan

Literary Agent

Steven Beeber

THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES AT CBGBs

Author

Laura van den Berg

THE THIRD HOTEL

Author

Karina van Berkum

Poet

Sharon Bially

BookSavvy Public Relations

Founder

Nicole Blades

HAVE YOU MET NORA?

Author

Michael Blanding

THE MAP THIEF

Author

Jeanne Blasberg

EDEN: A Novel

Author

Lisa Borders

THE FIFTY-FIRST STATE

Author

Sari Boren

Non-Fiction Writer

Michael Borum

OXFAM

Social Media Consultant

Regina Brooks

Serendipity Literary Agency LLC

Literary Agent

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color's Interdependence, Survival, & Empowerment

Founding Director

Nate Brown

AMERICAN SHORT FICTION

Liteary Magazine Editor

Chris Bucci

CookeMcDermid

Literary Agent

Danielle Bukowski

Sterling Lord Literistic

Literary Agent

Fauzia Burke

FSB Associates

Consultant

Maud Casey

THE ART OF MYSTERY

Author

Christopher Castellani

LEADING MEN

Author & Artistic Director, GrubStreet

Angie Chatman

Fiction & Nonfiction Writer

Lucy Cleland

Kneerim & Williams Literary Agency

Agent

Robert Cohen

AMATEUR BARBARIANS

Author

Garrard Conley

BOY ERASED

Author

Marisa Corvisiero

Corvisiero Literary Agency

Literary Agent

Joe Costal

CHALLENGES FOR THE DELUSIONAL PART 2

Fiction Writer & Poet

Mary C. Curtis

ROLL CALL

Columnist

Reiko Davis

DeFiore and Company

Literary Agent

Denise Delgado

Fiction & Nonfiction Writer

Stephanie Delman

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates

Literary Agent

Sean Van Deuren

Fiction Writer

Ursula DeYoung

SHORECLIFF

Author

Matthew DiGangi

Bresnick Weil Literary Agency

Literary Agent

Sara DiVello

WHERE IN THE OM AM I?

Author

Pamela Dorman

Pamela Dorman Books / Viking Penguin

Editor

ED

Erika Dreifus

Author

April Eberhardt

April Eberhardt Literary

Literary Agent

Latoyia Edwards

NBC10 Boston

Morning Anchor & Host of THIS IS NEW ENGLAND

Susanna Einstein

Einstein Literary Management

Literary Agent

Akwaeke Emezi

FRESHWATER

Author

Patricia Engel

THE VEINS OF THE OCEAN

Author

Jonathan Escoffery

Fiction Writer

Katherine Fausset

Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Literary Agent

E. Thomas Finan

Fiction Writer

Cherise Fisher

Wendy Sherman Associates

Literary Agent

Ashley C. Ford

Non-fiction Writer

Kelly J. Ford

COTTONMOUTHS

Author

Kim Fu

THE LOST GIRLS OF CAMP FOREVERMORE

Author

Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes

THE SLEEPING WORLD

Author

Lori Galvin

Aevitas

Literary Agent

Stephanie Gayle

IDYLL THREATS

Author

Ethan Gilsdorf

FANTASY FREAKS AND GAMING GEEKS

Author

Lori Goldstein

BECOMING JINN

Author

Lynne Griffin

Life Without Summer & Girl Sent Away

Author

Katie Grimm

Don Congdon Associates

Literary Agent

Robert Guinsler

Sterling Lord Literistic

Literary Agent

Patricia Hampl

THE ART OF THE WASTED DAY

Author

Erin Harris

Folio Literary

Literary Agent

Annie Hartnett

RABBIT CAKE

Author

Calvin Hennick

Non-Fiction Writer

Christopher Hernandez

HarperCollins Children's Books & HarperTeen

Editor

Allison Hoch

Fiction Writer & Marketing Coach

Michelle Hoover

BOTTOMLAND

Author

Tim Horvath

UNDERSTORIES

Author

Ravi Howard

DRIVING THE KING

Author

Allison Hunter

Janklow & Nesbit

Literary Agent

Blair Hurley

THE DEVOTED

Author

Tasneem Zehra Husain

ONLY THE LONGEST THREADS

Author

Annie Hwang

Folio Literary Management

Literary Agent

Eleanor Jackson

Dunow Carlson Lerner

Literary Agent

Kaitlyn Johnson

Corvisiero Literary Agency

Literary Agent

Rachel Kadish

The Weight of Ink

Author

Marjan Kamali

TOGETHER TEA

Author

Pagan Kennedy

INVENTOLOGY

Author

Porochista Khakpour

SICK: A MEMOIR

Author

Eson Kim

Fiction & Non-Fiction Writer

Crystal King

THE CHEF'S SECRET

Author

John Langan

THE FISHERMAN

Author

Sonya Larson

Muse Director

Henriette Lazaridis

THE CLOVER HOUSE

Author

Mira T. Lee

EVERYTHING HERE IS BEAUTIFUL

Author

Jennifer De Leon

WISE LATINAS

Author

Rachel Letofsky

The Cooke Agency

Literary Agent

Elinor Lipman

GOOD RIDDANCE

Author

Paul Lisicky

THE NARROW DOOR

Author

Michael Lowenthal

THE PATERNITY TEST

Author

Ron MacLean

WE MIGHT AS WELL LIGHT SOMETHING ON FIRE

Author

Steve Macone

Nonfiction Writer

Jen Malone

CHANGES IN LATITUDES

Author

Jill Marr

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

Literary Agent

Beth Marshea

Ladderbird

Literary Agent

Vanessa Martír

Writer, Editor, Educator

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

THE FACT OF A BODY

Author

Julia Masnik

Watkins/Loomis Agency

Literary Agent & VP

Brendan Mathews

THE WORLD OF TOMORROW

Author

Stacy Mattingly

Fiction Writer

Stephen McCauley

MY EX-LIFE

Author

Candace McDuffie

Forbes Under 30

Journalist

Caitlin McGill

Dogs Run Wild Here

Author

Tanya McKinnon

McKinnon McIntyre

Literary Agent

Cecelia Mecca

THE LORD'S CAPTIVE

Author

Mameve Medwed

OF MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS

Author

Louise Miller

THE LATE BLOOMERS CLUB

Author

Nicole Miller

Fiction and Non-fiction Writer

Tova Mirvis

THE BOOK OF SEPARATION

Author

Mary Carroll Moore

YOUR BOOK STARTS HERE

Author

David Mura

A STRANGER'S JOURNEY: RACE, IDENTITY & NARRATIVE CRAFT IN WRITING

Author

Dana Murphy

The Book Group

Literary Agent

Kimiko Nakamura

Dee Mura Literary

Literary Agent

Monica Odom

Liza Dawson Associates

Literary Agent

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

CALL ME ZEBRA

Author

Emily X.R. Pan

THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER

Author

Ayesha Pande

Pande Literary

Literary Agent

Jessica Papin

Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

Literary Agent

Laura Perciasepe

Riverhead Books

Editor

Christine Pride

Simon & Schuster

Editor

Asata Radcliffe

2040 Review

Editorial Director

Ladette Randolph

Ploughshares

Editor-in-chief

Diana Renn

Author

Sara Rivera

Poet & Fiction Writer

Quressa Robinson

Nelson Literary Agency

Literary Agent

Taryn Roeder

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Publicist

Lisa Rosinsky

INEVITABLE AND ONLY / Barefoot Books

Author & Senior Editor

Emily Ross

HALF IN LOVE WITH DEATH

Author

Andrew Ryan

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Reporter

Rayhané Sanders

Massie & McQuilkin

Literary Agent

Kim Savage

IN HER SKIN

Author

Jenn Scheck-Kahn

Journal of the Month

Author

Katrin Schumann

THE SECRET POWER OF MIDDLE CHILDREN

Author

Rion Amilcar Scott

Author

Michelle Seaton

CHANGE YOUR SCHEDULE, CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Author

Samantha Shea

Georges Borchardt, Inc.

Literary Agent

Jim Shepard

THE BOOK OF ARON

Author

Karen Shepard

AN EMPIRE OF WOMEN

Author

Anjali Singh

Pande Literary

Literary Agent

Paige Sisley

CookeMcDermid

Literary Agent

Eric Smith

P.S. Literary Agency

Literary Agent

Stuart Spencer

THE PLAYWRIGHT'S GUIDEBOOK

Author

Rob Spillman

Tin House

Editor

Jonah Straus

Straus Literary

Literary Agent

Sebastian Stuart

THE MENTOR

Author

Adam Stumacher

Fiction and Non-Fiction Writer

Shubha Sunder

Fiction Writer

Grace Talusan

THE BODY PAPERS

Author

Kanishk Tharoor

SWIMMER AMONG THE STARS

Author

Neal Thompson

KICKFLIP BOYS

Author

Hannah Tinti

THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY

Author

MT

Milo Todd

Author

Jennifer Chen Tran

Bradford Literary

Literary Agent

Douglas Trevor

THE BOOK OF WONDERS

Author

Adrian Walker

Boston Globe

Columnist

Val Wang

BEIJING BASTARD

Author

Mitchell Waters

Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Literary Agent

Annie Weatherwax

ALL WE HAD

Author

Tim Weed

A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER & FLY FISHING

Author

Patricia Wen

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Editor

Linda K. Wertheimer

FAITH ED: TEACHING ABOUT RELIGION IN AN AGE OF INTOLERANCE

Author

Kent Wolf

The Friedrich Agency

Literary Agent

Steve Woodward

Graywolf Press

Editor

Steve Yarbrough

THE UNMADE WORLD

Author

Katie Zanecchia

Ross Yoon

Literary Agent