LITERARY AGENTS COME TO BOISE, IDAHO TO MEET AUTHORS-IN-WAITING

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 4, 2008 -- Do you dream of becoming the next John Grisham, Michael Connelly, or Mary Higgins Clark? Plan to write a mystery or thriller and make enough money to live off your royalties? Wonder how to go about it?

All well known, best-selling authors have an agent to negotiate those killer deals for them. But how do you pique an agent’s interest in you and your writing?

Three top agents will be coming to Boise to meet aspiring novelists during this year's Murder in the Grove.

Alice Volpe has held the positions of book publicist, staff writer, editor and publisher. She opened the Northwest Literary Agency in the 1980’s to help bridge the chasm between lone author and remote, corporate publisher. Her clients include J.A. Jance, Carola Dunn, Judith Smith-Levin, J. Carson Black, Lee Lofland, Jeffrey Layton among others.

Sorche Fairbank established the Fairbank Literary Representation in 2002, and represents best-selling authors, Pulitzer Prize finalists and winner, Edgar recipients, award-winning journalists, and her favorite kind of client: the first-time author. She is seeking select new fiction voices.

Spencer Ellsworth is a new agent searching for clients. He works for the well-established Lori Perkins Agency, and attends Western Washington University as a graduate student in English. Along with mysteries and thrillers, especially those set in an historical period, he is looking for fantasy of all types, "soft" science fiction, history of any period, satire, and travel stories.

If you have a novel, either completed or in progress, and you'd like to meet face-to-face with one of these agents to get their opinion on your work, you'll need to register for the Murder in the Grove "writer's package”. The writer’s package includes not only an appointment with an agent but also the Master Class “Writing the Thriller” taught by acclaimed writing instructor and bestselling author, David Morrell as well as all conference activities. By May 1st, you'll need to submit the pages of your manuscript for an agent’s evaluation. The appointments, which will take place during the conference on June 7, are limited and will be given on a first-registered, first-served basis.

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