Attending Agents and Editors:
Adam Chromy - President and Literary Agent | Moveable Type Management
After receiving a degree in finance and management from N.Y.U.’s Stern School of Business and spending a decade as a sales and marketing specialist for technology startups, Adam Chromy decided to blend his love of narrative with his modern entrepreneurial spirit. The result was Artists and Artisans Inc., where for ten years he represented authors with a professional rigor seldom seen in the book business. After hundreds of published books and dozens of bestsellers, Adam relaunched his company as Movable Type Management to better serve clients by offering them the higher visibility afforded by film and television adaptations of their work.
Andrea Hurst - President of Andrea Hurst & Associates | Andrea Hurst Literary Management
Andrea works as a literary agent with both bestselling and emerging new authors to help polish their book, obtain publication, increase sales, and build their author brand. Andrea brings over 25 years experience in the publishing industry, including her work as a literary agent. She is also a developmental book editor for publishers and authors, a bestselling Amazon author, an instructor for the MFA creative writing program at the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, and a webinar presenter for Writer's Digest. As a literary agent, she selectively represents high profile adult nonfiction and well-crafted genre fiction
Alexandra Grana - Literary Agent Apprentice | Corvisiero Literary Agency
Alex is a recent graduate of the University of Toledo College of Law. She has always loved writing and literature, having completed her B.A. in Professional Writing at Miami University, and is excited to dedicate herself to helping fellow writers pursue publication. When she isn’t reading, she can be found trying a new recipe in the kitchen or prepping for her next DnD session. Alex’s favorite genres are fantasy and horror. She is a sucker for a good magic system, reimagined fairy tales, and poetic prose. Stories by marginalized writers are of particular interest to her.
Britny Perilli - Associate Editor | Running Press
Britny Perilli (she/they) is an associate editor at Running Press. As a “cross imprint” editor, her focus is on licensed publishing across RP’s Adult, Kids, Studio, and Miniature imprints, but she also works on books for children (non-fiction and YA fiction) and adults (illustrated non-fiction) that explore and celebrate fandom, nerd culture, and the amazing communities that make them up. While all voices are welcome, she is specifically interested in hearing from Black, AAPI, Latine, LGBTQA+, disabled, and other marginalized voices offering their perspectives and work in the areas of pop/geek culture and fandom, and she is prioritizing work by those writers. Specific areas of interest for non-fiction are: video games, tabletop RPGS, anime and manga, beloved/nostalgic IP and brands, genre & foreign film and television, K-dramas, and other geeky spaces and communities. For YA fiction she is looking for: contemporary, upbeat, entertaining stories with passionate protagonists with geeky or nerdy hobbies as well as queer or geeky retellings/adaptations of “traditional” stories, tropes, or media. You can learn more about her wishes on manuscriptwishlist.com.
Catherine Ross - Literary Agent Apprentice | Corvisiero Literary Agency
Catherine is a recent graduate of Howard University School of Law. Always knowing that her love of books would somehow find its way into her career, Catherine strived to learn about publishing and copyrights law. Along the way, she fell in love with agency work as well. Catherine hopes to bridge both legal and agent services together to serve clients at each stage of the process, and is excited to learn more from Corvisiero. Catherine loves anything from the fantasy genre, from urban to high fantasy, young adult to new adult, she’ll read it all! But honestly she loves anything that has strong world-building, complex characters, and a twist. When Catherine is not reading (a rarity) she is likely watching old horror films or finding new places to travel.
Eleonore Fisher - Assistant Editor | Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Eleonore is an editor living in New York City, and uses she/her pronouns. She loves language and storytelling, and her lifelong love of books for children drew her to publishing. After graduating from Smith College and the Columbia Publishing Course, she joined Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group in 2016 as an executive assistant with select editorial responsibilities. In 2021, she was promoted to assistant editor at MCPG, and is now open to select, agented submissions for Roaring Brook Press. She's French American and grew up in New Orleans. She love spicy seafood, ghost stories, evergreen trees, and taking long walks at dusk.
Elizabeth Trout - Associate Editor | Kensington Publishing
Elizabeth Trout is an associate editor at Kensington Publishing. An Ohio native and graduate of Kenyon College, Elizabeth began her publishing career working for literary agents before moving over to the editorial department at Kensington in 2018. From light-hearted romps to creepy gothic-tinged novels, she edits and acquires a broad range of fiction. Recent and upcoming books on her list include THE FIRST DATE PROPHECY by Kate & Danny Tamberelli, HER LITTLE FLOWERS by Shannon Morgan, REASONABLE ADULTS by Robin Lefler, and IF THE TIDE TURNS by Rachel Rueckert.
Katie Reed - Senior Agent, Agent Scout & Developmental Editor | Andrea Hurst Literary Management
Katie Reed began her career in publishing with Andrea Hurst Literary Management while pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in English and has worked in the publishing field for over a decade. As a literary agent, Katie loves discovering new talent, building lasting connections with her authors, and working diligently to represent books readers will love.
Marisa Corvisiero - Founder, General Counsel & Literary Agent | Corvisiero Literary Agency
Marisa A. Corvisiero is the founder and CEO of the Corvisiero Literary Agency, an attorney, and our Senior Literary Agent. During the few years prior to starting her own agency, Marisa worked with another well known New York City Literary Agency, where she learned invaluable lessons and made a name for herself in the industry. She is also a Literary Consultant, Speaker, Author and continues to practice law in New York City with specialties in Publishing, Corporate, and Trust & Estates. As an attorney she has published several articles in her practice areas, is a member of the New York Bar Association, and has experience in Top Global Firms and Fortune 500 companies where she practiced Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Banking and Compliance before starting her own Practice and Literary Agency. She has attended over 100 conferences and workshops, and continues to present on webinars, tutorials, and bootcamps for Writer's Digest among other reputable sources, as well as hosting her own Author Preneur Workshops, where she teaches and coaches authors on writing, mindset, and publishing as a business.
Maggie Sadler - Associate Literary Agent / Corvisiero Literary Agency
A fter five years of literary scholarship, Maggie Sadler is motivated to apply her knowledge of literature and craft to the industry as an Associate Agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency. Maggie earned her joint degree in Comparative Literature and English in 2016 from the University of St Andrews, a historical university tucked away in a tiny windswept Scottish town along the North Sea. A sea sprite at heart, Maggie returned to the North Atlantic coast to earn her Master’s in Literary Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2019. The intricate, vivid, and deep-rooted folk traditions Maggie encountered in both Scotland and Newfoundland further enriched her literary interest in folklore, mainly the seafaring lore intrinsic to small North Atlantic communities. After these unexpected adventures, Maggie now calls rural Michigan home, where she daydreams amongst the wildflowers with her rascally horse. She is currently working on a novel of her own, full of wild coasts, mysterious sea chests, and feral girls with monstrous secrets.
Micah Broker - Literary Agent Apprentice | Corvisiero Literary Agency
Micah Brocker has spent the last five years in the business world helping entrepreneurs and artists fulfill the financial and legal knowledge needed to succeed. It has been her lifelong dream to foster careers for all artists, in particular authors and screenwriters. At Corvisiero Literary Agency, she is interested in fostering her client’s careers from the start and building their businesses with them. Located in Seattle, WA, you can find her hiking or running in the rain when she is not indoors reading with her trusty cat at her side. In both film and novels, she is interested in YA contemporary stories that deal with messy relationships and issues that can help young adults put words to their experiences. She is also looking for YA science fiction and urban fantasy that provide an escape while still helping us connect to the everyday troubles of growing up. In adult fiction, she loves women’s fiction and upmarket fiction that deals with burdensome secrets, messy relationships, and a character with a deep desire to change their life, the world etc., especially with a psychological, sci-fi, or romantic twist!
Mira Landry - Literary Agent Apprentice | Corvisiero Literary Agency
Born and raised in British Columbia, Mira Landry has lived on four continents, traveled to over eighty countries, and now resides in Colorado with her husband where she still seeks adventure in both real life and on the page. After a decade building her own business as a photographer, she’s eager to help authors turn their art into a career. As a Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers member, she’s dedicated to building writing and literary communities through events and educational programming, and was co-chair for their Colorado Gold Conference. She has a Bachelors in Human Kinetics from the University of British Columbia and a Certificate of Creative Writing from Simon Fraser University. Mira is seeking literary and upmarket adult fiction, and would specifically love to see more work from Indigenous/First Nations authors, as well other historically marginalized and underrepresented voices.
Tessa Shaffer - Literary Manager | Corvisiero Literary Agency
Tessa Shaffer is a Literary Manager for screenwriters, a Sr. Literary Agent for authors, and the Vice President of the agency, supporting the staff and clients agency-wide. Heading Corvisiero's Film & TV department, she's heavily involved in the development of book adaptations whether it be book to screen, book to TV, or book to streamers. In writing, she searches for universal truths that bleed through any genre. Whether it’s finding the humor in the hurt, the evil in the good, or the strange in the familiar—she searches for the stories that leaves audiences with a changed perspective. Recognized as an Indie Excellence Book Awards Finalist, Journey Awards Finalist, and by the Writer’s Digest Awards in 2019, 2018, and 2016, her own work has also appeared in GirlsLIFE magazine, Authors Publish, and Indie Chicks magazine.
