There are literary agents and then there are literary agents, and Joshua Bilmes is certainly the latter. President of the JABberwocky Literary Agency, representing authors like Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn) and Charlaine Harris (The Sookie Stackhouse Novels), Joshua has 40 years of experience in the publishing industry.

In the first part of our conversation, we talk about his breaking into the literary world as a teen, the emergence of YA books, his brief foray into physics and history, and how anyone can become a literary agent. We also discuss Charlaine Harris and Brandon Sanderson and how strategy, quality, and luck all factor equally into an author’s success. Listen and learn, my literary friends!

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