2007 Speakers List > Detail about Presenter

2007 Presenters (Authors, Agents, Editors & Producers)

Donald Maass, Agent

Donald Maass is president of the Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York, which he founded in 1980. He represents more than 100 fiction writers and sells more than 100 novels per year to top publishers in America and overseas. He is himself the author of fourteen pseudonymous novels and of the books The Career Novelist (Heineman, 1996), Writing the Breakout Novel (Writers Digest Press, 2001) and Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook (Writers Digest Press 2004). He is a past president of the Association of Authors' Representatives, Inc. (AAR).

Workshop(s)

Secret Agents at SiWC (workshop) Ever wondered what the secret life of agents is really like? Get a glimpse into the way a literary agent goes about his or her daily routine and learn how they manage it all.
The World of the Novel (master class) Some novels make you feel like you've lived in them. How is that effect achieved? Looking beyond mere scene setting, agent Don Maass's hands-on workshop will demonstrate the many techniques that create a deeply dimensional fictional world. Bring a novel-in-progress and writing materials. For advanced fiction writers.
Editor vs Agent: Who You Gonna Call? (workshop) Your manuscript is done. Now what? This group of experienced editors and agents can tell you what you need to know about taking your manuscript from finished – to sold.