Video- Write a Great Agent Query Letter: Advice from Literary Agent Brian DeFiore

by on October 27, 2011 in Writing Tips

At the London Book Fair, BookBaby president Brian Felsen had the chance to interview Brian DeFiore, President of DeFiore and Company, a New York literary agency founded in 1999. Prior to founding the agency, he was the Senior VP and Publisher of the Villard Books division of Random House, and was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Hyperion, Disney’s book publishing division.

Here, DeFiore explains the importance of a great query letter and why it MUST be persuasive. If you want to have a shot at submitting your manuscript, start crafting that perfect query letter now!

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splits his time between the Portlands Oregon and Maine, always longing for the other. He plays music on the West Coast and writes poems on the East. His music has been praised by NPR, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, and others. Skyscraper Magazine said he is “one of the best short-story musicians to come along in quite some time.” Robley’s poetry is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, RHINO, Pacifica Literary Review, and The Fine Line.

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