Lin Oliver (far left, at podium) moderates the agent panel, with (from left to right): Erin Murphy, Molly O'Neill, Kirsten Hall, Brooks Sherman, and Marietta Zacker.
Agents' Panel: Succeeding in 2018 and Beyond: What You Need To Know Tanusri Prasanna is an agent at Foundry Literary + Media representing children's books and adult nonfiction. On the children's side, she represent picture books, middle grade, and young adult fiction and nonfiction. As an immigrant herself, with a family filled with people of varied background (including Slytherin), Tanusri is actively seeking diverse voices, protagonist, and settings across genres. "I'm going to tell you something really horrible about myself. I used to be a lawyer...but then my kidlit book group saved my life." Tanusri needs to feel a book and when she does she will champion it on and on. She also says, "I want every book I represent to have element of diversity. It doesn't have to be a certain kind of diversity, but it needs to be there." "I love a middle grade protagonist that makes me want to hug them." The conversation turns to writing outside yo...
The finale of the 2018 SCBWI Summer Conference is a celebration of the whole three past days, full of inspiration and community, and chances to meet and have books signed by the amazing conference faculty! The Roller-Coaster Line for Lois Lowry... And all the authors and illustrators at this Sunday end-of-conference signing...
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