Pitch Sessions
Each registered Silken Sands attendee can sign-up for two pitch sessions. The ten minute pitch sessions will provide attendees with an opportunity to directly pitch their manuscripts to acquiring editors and agents.
The following editors and agents are scheduled to attend the 2012 Silken Sands Conference:
Amanda Bergeron, Associate Editor at Harper Collins/Avon
Angela James, Executive Editor for Carina Press
Holly Blanck, Associate Editor at St. Martin’s Press
Grace Bradley, Editor at Ellora’s Cave
Lucienne Diver, Literary Agent at The Knight Agency
Jenny Bent, Literary Agent at The Bent Agency
Sandy Sullivan, Executive Editor, Secret Cravings Publishing
Pitch sessions are determined on a first registered, first-served basis. There are a limited number of pitch sessions available so individuals are encouraged to register early for the Silken Sands Conference in order to guarantee a spot at the pitch sessions.
Editor and Agent Biographies
Editor Grace Bradley of Ellora’s Cave
Grace Bradley began working with Ellora’s Cave in 2009. She currently acquires across all sub-genres of romance, with heat levels from sweet to erotic, as well as erotica. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, two children, two dogs and one very spoiled cat.
Literary Agent Lucienne Diver (The Knight Agency)
Lucienne Diver joined The Knight Agency in 2008, after spending fifteen years at New York’s prestigious Spectrum Literary Agency. Over the course of her eighteen-year career she has sold over seven hundred titles to every major publisher, and has built a client list of over forty authors, primarily in the areas of fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, and young adult fiction.
In addition, she’s an author in her own right with the Vamped series of young adult books for Flux and the new Latter-Day Olympians series of urban fantasy novels, beginning with Bad Blood, from Samhain Publishing.She also writes the Agent Anonymous articles for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and is a regular guest at Magical Words.Further information is available on The Knight Agency website: www.knightagency.net, her author website www.luciennediver.com and her blog http://luciennediver.wordpres.com.
Jenny Bent of The Bent Agency
Jenny Bent started THE BENT AGENCY in 2009, after six years as a Vice-president at Trident Media Group. Her bestselling clients include Lynsay Sands, Julia London, Lori Wilde, Sandra Hill, Jacqueline Sheehan, Kathryn Caskie, Kieran Kramer, as well as RITA winners Beth Pattillo, Kate Brady and Tera Lynn Childs. She is actively seeking romance, young adult, suspense and women’s fiction and prides herself on career-building for both new and established authors. Her website, with submission guidelines, is www.thebentagency.com and you can follow her on twitter at @jennybent.
AMANDA BERGERON, Associate Editor at Harper Collins/Avon
Amanda Bergeron joined William Morrow/Avon in 2008. She acquires romance of all subgenres for both Avon and digital-first imprint Avon Impulse. Some recent and upcoming titles on her list include A Town Called Valentine by Emma Cane, Second Chance at the Sugar Shack by Candis Terry and Brazen by Margo Maguire. She also acquires historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and the occasional mystery/suspense project.
Additional agent and editor biographies will soon be posted.