Live Class: Writing Query Letters That Work

In this session, author and editor Jonathan Baker will walk the audience through what *actually* happens when your query arrives at an agency, what the intern filter is and how to pass it, and what agents are really evaluating when they see your pitch.

We'll cover the architecture of a successful query, the comp titles question (including distinctions most guides get wrong), and the most common mistakes ranked by how much they actually matter. 

Writers will leave with a clear, actionable framework, and a much shorter list of the things they ACTUALLY have to do. 

As an editor, writer, and publishing consultant, Jonathan Baker has worked with Richard Powers, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles Palliser, John Lahr, and Jonathan Eig, among many other authors, and his projects have been nominated for the National Book Award and the Booker Prize. He lives in Portland, Maine.