Ask An Agent Anything, Sponsored by AWP
Saturday, March 20, 2027, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. ET
Ever wonder what literary agents really look for in a query? Or how they decide which projects to take on? Join us for this candid conversation among a panel of literary agents answering your questions about everything from submissions and publishing trends to representation and more. Whether you’re seeking representation or are just curious about how the industry works, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the experts.
All questions must be submitted in advance via the?#AWP27 Ask an Agent Anything form. The deadline to submit a question is Wednesday, March 3, 2027.
This event will be live streamed and include live captioning.
At Renegade Literary, Annie Hwang represents literary fiction with teeth alongside a list of established poets. Her authors include John Paul Brammer, Franny Choi, Lilly Dancyger, Carson Faust, Janet Hong, Sequoia Nagamatsu, Hieu Minh Nguyen, and Jihyun Yun. The books she has worked on have been recognized by the National Book Award, the Whiting Award, and the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize. Across her list, she looks for writers whose work is urgent as well as formally and emotionally alive. The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, she is originally from Los Angeles and now lives in New York.
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Lori Galvin is a senior agent with Aevitas Creative Management. She is seeking unforgettable book club fiction as well as page turning novels of suspense, thrillers, and mystery/horror crossovers. For nonfiction, she is seeking true crime, select memoir, and foodwriting.
Elizabeth Pratt joined Trellis Literary Management after working at Park, Fine & Brower and The Wylie Agency. A graduate of the University of Michigan and the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford, she supports Michelle Brower and Stephanie Delman while actively building her own client list. Originally from East Lansing, Michigan, Elizabeth now lives in New York. She looks for fiction from diverse perspectives and emerging voices that takes something familiar and turns it on its head, recounts history from a different point of view, sheds light on something previously unnoticed, or makes us think about the world in a different way. Of particular interest to her are intergenerational family sagas, historical fiction with a speculative element, and deep dives into the inner workings of human relationships. Please visit the Trellis Literary Management website for a more detailed manuscript wish list.
Mariah Stovall is an agent at Trellis Literary Management, which she joined upon its founding in 2021. She previously worked at the agencies Howland?Literary and?Writers?House?and the publishers?Farrar, Straus & Giroux and?Gallery?Books. She represents literary and upmarket fiction and narrative nonfiction. Across genres, she gravitates toward outsiders and stylish, inventive storytelling. Her clients’ work has been recognized by the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Lambda Literary Awards, the Latino Book Awards, the PEN America Literary Awards, and more.
Regina Brooks is the founder and CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency in New York, the largest African American–owned agency in the US. She has represented and established a diverse base of award-winning clients in adult and young adult fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature. Currently the president of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA), Brooks is also coproducer of the U.S. Book Show and a founding member of Literary Agents of Change (LAOC) and the Black Book Accelerator. She is a board member of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs and a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Women’s Media Group, New York Women in Film & Television, and the National Book Foundation’s Book Council. Brooks is the author of Writing Great Books for Young Adults: Everything You Need to Know, from Crafting the Idea to Getting Published (Sourcebooks), You Should Really Write a Book: How to Write, Sell, and Market Your Memoir (St. Martin’s Press), and ESSENCE magazine’s quick-pick children’s book Never Finished, Never Done (Scholastic). Brooks is a copublisher with Open Lens, an imprint of Johnny Temple’s (founder of the Brooklyn Book Festival) Akashic Books. She also partnered with jessica Care moore and was instrumental in relaunching Moore Black Press as an Amistad/HarperCollins poetry imprint. Brooks has been highlighted in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, BK Reader, and the Los Angeles Times. Her awards and honors include a Stevie Award in Business and a Stevie Award for Women Entrepreneurs. The National Association of Professional Women named Brooks woman of the year, she received Digital Book World’s DEI award, and Writer’s Digest magazine named Serendipity Literary Agency as one of the top twenty-five literary agencies. Prior to her publishing career, Brooks worked as an aerospace engineer and made history as the first African American woman to receive a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the Ohio State University, and today she’s a pilot and cofounder of Brooklyn Aviation. When she’s not agenting, she’s gardening, fishing, and flying her own plane (always in a dress).