In 2011, she obtained her MFA in Creative Writing from the California College of Arts in San Francisco, California. She graduated from Stanford University and worked in the fields of advertising and PR before starting her own marketing consultancy. This is the second in a series of three classes Joshi will present - October 10 (How to Write a Bestseller) and November 10 (Beyond the Manuscript).Īlka Joshi was Born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, and has lived in the U.S. Joining Joshi as guest instructors are Margaret Sutherland Brown, Literary Agent, Folio Literary New York, and Heather Lazare, Book Editor, and Publishing Consultant. Alka Joshi, whose debut novel The Henna Artist was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, leads this 90-minute class to explain the intricacies of the agency and book publishing industries, including the pros and cons of traditional vs. How do you break into this mysterious world? Are there secrets you’re not privy to? What exactly is a book editor and how can they help get your book into the right hands? Now’s your chance to learn from a NYT bestselling author. The more you research literary agencies and publishers, the more confusing it gets. Illuminating books about parenting, both narrative and prescriptive, from Angela Garbes Like a Mother to Julie Lythcott-Haims's How to Raise an Adult, Jennifer Senior's All Joy and No Fun.THIS SESSION IS ONLINE Selling Your Manuscript Narrative nonfiction with an inimitable take on contemporary life from a female perspective, as found in the books of Sloane Crosley, Nora Ephron, Caitlin Moran as well as in Lauren Collins' When in French and Lisa Taddeo's Three Women. Paradigm-shifting nonfiction with a sociological bent like Matthew Desmond's Evicted, Jill Leovy's Ghettoside, Mikki Kendall's Hood Feminism, and the books of Peggy Orenstein and Bee Wilson. Lee, Hilary Mantel, Maggie O'Farrell, Maggie Shipstead, and Amor Towles.įresh re-imaginings of mythology and fairy tales for adult readers, from Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic to Madeleine Miller's Circe to Naomi Novik's novels. Literary historical fiction that immerses its reader completely in another fascinating era: think the novels of Jo Baker, Esi Edugyan, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Janice Y.K. ![]() Courtney Sullivan, and Colson Whitehead's Sag Harbor.ĭark, psychologically-rich thrillers like the novels of Megan Abbott, Gillian Flynn, Jessica Knoll, and Gin Phillips' Fierce Kingdom. ![]() Intelligent, witty, and fully-realized page-turners like the books of Rumaan Alam, Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan, Laura Dave, Helen Ellis, Xochitl Gonzalez' Olga Dies Dreaming, Julia May Jonas' Vladimir, Kiley Reid's Such a Fun Age, J. ![]() ![]() Multi-generational, sweeping, and emotionally-engaging novels like Brit Bennett's The Mothers, Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and Salt, Tayari Jones' An American Marriage, Rebecca Makkai's The Great Believers, Torrey Peters' Detransition, Baby, and Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife. Voice-driven, idiosyncratic, and searing novels in the vein of the books of Jesse Ball, Melissa Broder, Rachel Cusk, Katie Kitamura, Raven Leilani, Jenny Offill, Helen Phillips, Dana Spiotta, and Rachel Yoder.
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