Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 09: Literary Agent John Cusick
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Literary Agent and author John Cusick and I discuss his career in publishing and his advice for writers. We talk about diversity in publishing, his tips for landing an agent, and many other great things you won’t want to miss. Here is a link to John’s video “A Pretty Much Foolproof Silver Bullet Query Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27VHPLIVoP0 (it’s also posted below). And as promised, here’s a link to my post on diversity.
Click here to see John Cusick face the 7 Questions.
John Cusick (@johnmcusick) is a VP and literary agent with Folio Jr. / Folio Literary Management. He represents a diverse list of bestselling and award-winning creators of picture books, middle-grade, and young adult novels. He is also the author of Girl Parts and Cherry Money Baby (Candlewick Press), and co-editor of the YouTube series Agent Brain/ Writer Brain.