30-minute Phone Call with Agent Lauren E. Abramo
Lauren E. Abramo, VP and subrights director at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, is offering the following:
- A 30-minute phone call to discuss anything about publishing (finding an agent, subrights, how to work in publishing, etc.). She's open to both unagented writers or people trying to start a career in the publishing industry.
As a bonus, Lauren is also offering a separate 30-minute call for a randomly selected donor who didn’t win this auction! All donors in the comments' section of this item will be entered to win.
Lauren E. Abramo joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2005. As VP and subrights director, she maintains a small client list and sells foreign and audio rights for the agency. Her interests include humorous middle-grade, contemporary young adult, and upmarket commercial fiction and well-paced literary fiction on the adult side. She’s also interested in nonfiction, especially pop culture, psychology, pop science, reportage, media, and contemporary culture. Her list has a strong focus on books that engage in some way with social justice. In all categories she’s especially seeking authors from marginalized communities traditionally underrepresented in publishing.
General Information
- Opening Bid: $25
- Auction Ends: Sunday, July 28th, 2019, at 9:00pm EST.
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