![]() ![]() I want to develop deep, meaningful relationships with authors that go far beyond their debut. Because, at the end of the day (to borrow a phrase from the tech world), I invest in people, not (just) products. I look for someone who can and wants to carry more than one book. Beyond that: I am on the hunt for authors who are able to roll with the punches and revise based off of feedback. Trying to bring a book into the world is hard enough already - if we’re not on the same page, we’re not going to get very far. Scribe: What do you look for in a debut author?ĪH: Any great relationship starts with honesty and communication. I’m also a proponent of regular, open communication and I expect the same of my clients to ensure that we’re on the same page every step of the way. I want to know where they want to be in the next year, in five years, in ten years, and beyond and, ultimately, help them lay out a path that will allow them to accomplish those goals. I don’t see myself as their agent for “this” book or “that” book, but for the entirety of their writing career. When I decide to represent a client, it’s with a deep sense of responsibility and a passion for their voice, their work, and their career as an author. Scribe: How would you describe your personal approach to working with an author?Īnnie Hwang: I’m an editorially rigorous agent, so expect to work, and to be challenged to do your best work. A California native, Annie worked in journalism before joining the publishing world, where she digs for stories that keep her reading late into the night and stay with her long after she puts them down. The most important thing to her, beyond concept or pitch, is breathtaking storytelling that stretches its genre to new heights. Commercially, she’s looking for both sweeping historical fiction and visceral literary thrillers that depart from the norm of the genre. She gravitates towards literary fiction with commercial appeal, and is particularly drawn to braided narratives and layered plots, especially when populated by complex characters with deep emotional resonance. As we look ahead to the 24th Annual A&E Conference, taking place June 30–July 2, 2017, we’re happy to share Q&As with some of our faculty here.Īnnie Hwang is an agent at Folio Literary Management where she represents a range of fiction for adults and select nonfiction projects. After eight years at Folio, she joined Ayesha Pande Literary, where she has used her incisive editorial eye to publish writers like award-winning poet Franny Choi, columnist and author John Paul Brammer, and the speculative fiction novelist Sequoia Nagamatsu, all writers who are expanding what narratives can do to speak truth to power, to grapple with our increasingly complex and complicated world, to write in a society where to be your true self can also be dangerous.“I don’t see myself as their agent for ‘this’ book or ‘that’ book, but for the entirety of their writing career.”Įvery year, the Writers’ League of Texas brings a faculty of close to thirty agents, editors, and other industry professionals to Austin for its Agents & Editors Conference. She later became a part-time office manager, then a part-time assistant agent, and finally an agent able to sign authors whose work spoke to her. Martin’s Press put her in touch with Folio Literary, where she landed an internship. Following a successful informational interview, an editor at St. She started by applying for editorial positions, as they were the only ones she knew about in publishing at the time. Hwang came to agenting by accident: With hopes of becoming an editor, she moved to New York City after graduating from UCLA in 2012. ![]()
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