Welcome Guest Blogger Literary Agent Natasha Kern!

Submitted by Natasha Kern on Thu, 2008-01-24 14:03.

Sam here, popping in to introduce Natasha, since she is my agent, and I'm thrilled to have her stopping by today. Natasha has been a big influence on my writing in the first year I've worked with her, and contrary to other experience I've had, she's a warm and generous person who puts so much energy into her work, that she inspires the people around her to do to the same.
On a more formal note, Natasha has 24 years of experience in the publishing industry, working as an agent for 21 years. Before founding her own agency in 1986, she worked as an editor and publicist for New York publishers (Simon & Schuster, Bantam and Ballantine). Natasha has personally sold more than 700 books as an agent and worked on close to 1,000 books during her career in publishing. She represents several NY Times best selling writers and many writers who have made the USA Today list as well as winners of many notable publishing awards, including: the Edgar Award, the RITA award, the Silver Dagger Award, the Christy Award, the Hurston/Wright Award, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The agency was rated 11th by Writer's Digest in the top twenty five agencies for new writers, and #2 among the top sellers on Publisher's Marketplace.
On to the interview - Natasha has answered some questions I collected over the last few months, but feel free to ask new questions, or just comment and say hello. :) Natasha will stop by as she can during the day, so enjoy!
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