Kristin Nelson is one of the first agent blogs that I started reading. Her Pub Rants blog is famous amongst aspiring writers for no nonsense and candid advice. As a reader, I find the peak behind the curtain posts illuminating. I admit that she is the inspiration for the series so I was doubly glad that she shared her thoughts with the Dear Author crowd on agenting.
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Tell us about your background. What made you decide to become a literary agent? How did you get started in your career? What made you decide to agent on behalf of romance authors? Young adult authors?
Nelson: I have both an M.A. and a B.A. in English (from Purdue University and the University of Missouriâ€â€Columbia respectively). I had always wanted a career in publishing but didn't want to move to New York to pursue it. When the opportunity arose to work for literary agent Jody Rein, I jumped at it. That's what got me started.
As for the genres I rep, I've always loved reading romance as well as other genres such as SF and Fantasy. Jody did mostly nonfiction, …
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