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2008 Presenters by Genre: Publishing
Lake Boggan
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Doris Booth
 Doris Booth is the manager of Authorlink Literary Group, which operates as a separate division of Authorlink.com. The relatively new agency represents true crime, thrillers, mysteries, women’s fiction, young adult and a wide range of nonfiction. Notable recent sales include The Devil's Right-hand Man (Berkley/PenguinPutnam) by Stephen G. Michaud and Debbie Price; Leaving Glory Town, One Family's Struggle Under Castro (Farrar Straus & Giroux ) by Eduardo Calcines; Beyond Cruel (St. Martin’s Press) by Stephen G. Michaud; and Criminal Shadows (Barnes & Noble Publishing) by David Canter. Booth has negotiated licensing rights with Crime Library/Time Warner, and Optomen Productions for The Discovery Channel, and in Europe with World of Wonder television productions of London. As CEO of Authorlink.com, she has facilitated sales of fiction and nonfiction properties to HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill, and others. Though based in Dallas, she works mainly with New York publishers. Authorlink.com is the news, information, and marketing site for editors, agents and writers, attracting nearly one million visitors per year. The site is home to the new CelebWire, featuring New York Times bestselling authors and other notables, on both the Web site and on cell phones in alliance with Macmillan Publishing's MPS Mobile Global Reader™. |
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Lindsay Davis
 Lindsay Davis is a junior agent in the West Coast office of Writers House, where she has worked with Steven Malk since April of 2006. Prior to joining Writers House, Lindsay worked in the children's marketing department at Harcourt, and taught fourth grade as a member of Teach for America. While actively building her own list, she has had the pleasure of working with such well-known authors for children and young adults as Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, Cynthia Rylant, Melinda Long, Deborah Wiles, Kadir Nelson, Jennifer Donnelly, and Sara Pennypacker. Lindsay is primarily interested in picture books, middle-grade and young adult fiction.
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Andrea Hurst
 Andrea Hurst, President of Andrea Hurst Literary Management, works with both major and regional publishing houses. Her client list includes emerging new voices and NY Times best-selling authors. Andrea represents high profile adult nonfiction and well crafted fiction. In addition to working in the publishing field for over 20 years, Andrea is a published author, skilled acquisition and development editor, speaker, and literary judge for writers' conferences. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Expressive Arts with a focus in creative writing and currently teaches for the Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA Program and through the CSUS Osher program. Her areas of expertise include sales, promotion, and production in the publishing and entertainment fields.With years of experience in all areas of publishing, Andrea offers professional insight into the business, and works with motivated authors to edit, polish, and perfect their proposal and manuscript. She enjoys working with authors who have something worthwhile to share and are driven by their enthusiasm and desire to create books that touch lives and make a difference. Andrea's passion for books drives her quest to find stories that have the power to change, stories that will take her on a journey to another place and leave her with an unforgettable impression. |
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Steven J. McDermott  Steven J. McDermott received his MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, and his BA in English and Philosophy (with a minor in Anthropology) from Western Washington University. He is the editor of the literary journal Storyglossia, which was named best online publication for 2006 by the Million Writers Award. His shorts stories have appeared in numerous online and print journals, including Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, Carve, Passages North, Red Wheelbarrow, Word Riot, Thieves Jargon, and SmokeLong Quarterly, among others. His stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times, and his story Blue Jeans and Black Leather was produced as a short film and shown at several film festivals. Winter of Different Directions, his first short story collection, was published in 2007. Web sites: www.storyglossia.com and www.stevenmcdermott.com |
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Publisher of Quill Driver Books, Steve Mettee is the author of The Fast-Track Course on How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal. Quill Driver Books publishes nonfiction books, including books on writing, two of which are Book-of-the-Month Club selections. QDB's authors include Irving Stone, Dr. Ruth Westheimer and America's most popular medical columnist Peter H. Gott, M.D., as well as many first-time authors. QDB is recognized by industry periodical Book Marketing Update as one of the Top 101 Independent Book Publishers and by Writer's Digest as one of the 100 most new-writer friendly book publishers. Mettee is always in the market for exceptional nonfiction books. http://www.quilldriverbooks.com/ |
Pilar Queen
 A literary agent at Inkwell Management in New York, Pilar Queen began her career at Carlisle and Company as an intern in college and began full time at Carlisle and Company in 2003. The company merged with Arthur Pine Associates and Witherspoon Associates to form Inkwell Management in 2004. Pilar's client list varies in genre, but the majority of her projects are commercial women’s fiction and nonfiction. When searching for new books, she looks for writers who are experts in their field and for writers who have well-established platforms and built-in audiences, such as journalists or bloggers. When it comes to fiction, she looks for writers who have had some experience in publishing, whether it be in literary journals or magazines. Pilar also looks for innovative voices and plots that feel fresh and exciting. http://www.inkwellmanagement.com/
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Alan Rinzler began working as an editorial assistant at Simon and Schuster in 1962, then became Senior Editor at Macmillan, Director of Trade Book Publishing at Bantam Books, Associate Publisher and Vice President of Rolling Stone Magazine, and President of the Rolling Stone Book Division Straight Arrow Books. For the past 15 years, he has been Executive Editor of Jossey-Bass, a San Francisco imprint of John Wiley & Sons. Along the way, Alan has edited and published Toni Morrison, Hunter Thompson, Claude Brown, Tom Robbins, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Ludlum, Jerzy Kosinski, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Irv Yalom, Clive Cussler, and others. He is currently Academic Director for trade book publishing at the Stanford University Professional Publishing Course, and lives in Berkeley, where he worked for many years on the Berkeley Police Department Mobile Crisis Team, which he feels has been excellent training for working with writers. www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/ |
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Brooke Warner Brooke Warner is a senior editor at Seal Press, publisher of women’s nonfiction books, written for women, by women. Seal Press is fueled by the radical thinking and daring work of its authors, and its list includes books on women's health, parenting, outdoor adventure and travel, popular culture, gender and women's studies, and current affairs. Among Seal’s many notable authors are Michelle Tea, Ayun Halliday, and Inga Muscio. Brooke is looking for nonfiction works that inform women’s lives. Please see: www.sealpress.com, http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/brookew/.
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Publicity Manager for Portland, Oregon’s Timber Press, Adjunct Professor of Book Marketing and Promotion at Portland State University’s Center for Excellence in Writing Graduate Publishing Program, and freelance book marketing professional, Lake has a long list of publishing successes under her belt as well as a tremendous amount of book marketing smarts. In 2007, she had four authors profiled in full page, color articles in the New York Times as well as hundreds of reviews and articles in major newspapers and magazines throughout the U.S. She also specializes in getting authors interviewed on talk radio. Lake is also a writer and a poet. Born a Coloradoan, she now resides in Portland because she loves the rain, is passionate about the bountiful growing season, has discovered more poets there than anywhere she’s ever been, and enjoys access to some of the world’s most spectacular coastline. 
Regina Brooks is the founder and president of Serendipity Literary Agency LLC, a full service agency in Brooklyn, NY. The agency has established a diverse base of award-winning clients in adult and young fiction, nonfiction and children's literature. Regina's authors include three-time National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honoree Marilyn Nelson, A Wreath for Emmitt Till; Nina Jablonski, In Living Color; Marjorie Greenfield, The Working Women's Pregnancy Guide; and Dr. Alicia de Alba Gaspar, Calligraphy of the Witch. A member of the AAR, Regina was hailed by Writer's Digest Magazine as one of the top 25 literary agencies in 2004. She has edited numerous published books and is the author of the children's book Never Finished! Never Done! Regina is interested in a variety of nonfiction subjects including psychology and self-help, pop culture, health, women's issues, parenting, politics, current events, design crafts, alternative spirituality, business, science/technology, and she is always interested in new and emerging writers. 
Melissa Manlove is Assistant Editor at Chronicle Books in San Francisco. She has been with Chronicle for four years. Some of the books she has served as editor for are Emily’s Balloon by Komako Sakai, Tools by Taro Miura, Tales from the Brothers Grimm by Cooper Edens, and Make a Wish by Roseanne Thong, illustrated by Elisa Kleven. Melissa is passionate about all age groups and genres of children’s books, with the exception of religious topics. When acquiring, she looks for fresh takes on familiar topics as well as the new and unusual. More important than topic, however, is an effective approach and strong, graceful writing. She is a member of the SCBWI and has 10 years of children’s bookselling experience.
Alice Volpe has held the positions of book publicist, staff writer, editor and publisher, and opened Northwest Literary Agency in the 1980s to help bridge the chasm between lone author and remote, corporate publisher. Her clients include J.A. Jance, Carola Dunn, Judith Smith-Levin, J. Carson Black, Lee Lofland, Jeffrey Layton and others.