Writer Experience

Erin Niumata is SVP at Folio Literary Management. Marlo Berliner is an Associate Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. Andrea Morrison is a Literary Agent at Writers House, A Literary Agency. Cate Hart is a Literary Agent at Harvey Klinger Literary Agency.

Lauren S. Hissrich is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Showrunner of the Netflix original series The Witcher, based on the book series Andrzej Sapkowski, which was recently reported as being the most in-demand TV show in the world. Previously, Lauren has written scripts for TV including The West Wing and Justice, as well as written and produced shows such as Parenthood, Do No Harm, Private Practice, Daredevil, The Defenders and The Umbrella Academy. https://twitter.com/LHissrich

Vanessa Shealy is a critically-acclaimed Writer, Graphic Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter, Actor, and Creator of things. She just recently completed her indie middle grade sci-fi comic book, Couri Vine, about a nerdy girl living on the moon faced with extraordinary obstacles and adventures, which she co-wrote with Leah Lovise. Couri Vine is available on Comixology now. Vanessa also just finished post-production on the short film, Naked, which she wrote and co-directed. https://www.vanessashealy.com/ https://www.courivine.com/

Erin Niumata is SVP at Folio Literary Management. https://twitter.com/ecniumata

L.L. McKinney is the author of the Nightmare-Verse books, an urban fantasy re-telling of Alice in Wonderland, starring a Black Alice, starting with the A BLADE SO BLACK trilogy (A Blade So Black, A Dream So Dark, A Crown so Cursed), and an upcoming graphic novel for DC Comics featuring Nubia, Wonder Woman’s twin sister. She's also an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing and the creator of the hashtag #WhatWoCWritersHear. https://us.macmillan.com/series/thenightmareverse/ https://twitter.com/ElleOnWords

Chris Sanchez is Senior Editor at Mad Cave Studios. "Over the Ropes" issue #1 was just released on December 4th. https://madcavestudios.com/product-category/series/over-the-ropes/ "Savage Bastards" is available to pre-order now. https://twitter.com/ythelastchris

Hena Khan is a critically-acclaimed Pakistani-American Children's Author of Amina's Voice; Power Forward; On Point; Bounce Back; It’s Ramadan, Curious George; Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns; and The Night of the Moon. Her newest book, MORE TO THE STORY, is a Little Women inspired and takes on the concerns of a Muslim Pakistani-American family in 2019, just launched in September through Simon & Schuster's Salaam Reads imprint. https://www.amazon.com/More-Story-Hena-Khan/dp/1481492098 https://twitter.com/henakhanbooks

Marlo Berliner is an Associate Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency in NYC. She's also the award-winning, Amazon #1 best-selling Author of The Ghost Chronicles. https://twitter.com/MarloBerliner

Jeanne Cavelos is a former senior editor for Bantam Doubleday Dell, and winner of the World Fantasy Award, a former NASA scientist, and an author of several books, including "The Science of Star Wars", "The Science of The X-Files", and the best-selling The Passing of the Techno-Mages trilogy set in the Babylon 5 universe. She has been running and teaching at the Odyssey workshop since 1996. The Odyssey Online Classes have an application deadline of 12/7. The Odyssey Writing Workshop has an application deadline of 4/1. https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/

Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times best-selling and five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author, producer, editor, comic book writer, playwright, and content creator for IDW, Marvel, and Dark Horse Comics, and the Creator of V-Wars, which premieres on Netflix on December 5th. He was named one of Today's Top Ten Horror Writers, his books have been sold to more than forty countries, and he's also a writing teacher and lecturer. Jonathan's newest novel, Rage: A Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel, the first in a new spin-off series from his original Joe Ledger novels, just launched this month through St. Martin's Press. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250303578 https://twitter.com/JonathanMaberry

Andrea Morrison is a Literary Agent at Writers House. https://twitter.com/andreaagency

For our 75th episode, we compiled the best advice from episodes 51-74 into one "Secrets of Writing" episode, with insights from‬ Authors, Screenwriters, TV Writers, TV Showrunners, Comic Book Writers, Literary Agents, Editors and Industry Professionals for HBO, Netflix, TBS, Fox, BBC America, Pokémon, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, Impractical Jokers, Simon & Schuster, Del Rey Books, Swoon Reads, Feiwel and Friends, Dey Street Books, and Harvey Klinger Literary Agency.

Graeme Manson is the Co-Creator and Executive Producer of the acclaimed and award-winning television series Orphan Black and the Showrunner for TBS' upcoming Snowpiercer. Previously, he was a TV Writer for Rent-A-Goalie, The Bridge, Flashpoint, and Being Erica, and co-wrote the film Cube. He's now developing the TV show Whatever Linda. https://twitter.com/graememanson1

Catherine Laudone is an Associate Editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers and an Author. https://twitter.com/CatherineLaud

Emily Roberson is the Author of Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters. Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters LAUNCHES TODAY Tuesday, October 21st from MacMillan Publishers. https://twitter.com/RobersonEmily

Cate Hart is a Literary Agent at Harvey Klinger Literary Agency and a YA Author. https://twitter.com/catehart

Emily Settle is an Associate Editor for Swoon Reads & Feiwel and Friends. https://twitter.com/emicalico With an intro featuring Juan Doe, Comic Artist on Strayed for Dark Horse Comics, Carlos Giffoni, Comic Writer on Strayed for Dark Horse Comics, Chris Fernandez, Editor & CSO at Mad Cave Studios, and Chris Sanchez, Assistant Editor at Mad Cave Studios. https://twitter.com/juandoe https://twitter.com/carlosgiffoni https://twitter.com/ythelastchris https://twitter.com/madcavestudios

Benji Samit & Dan Hernandez are the screenwriters of POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU. https://twitter.com/benjisamit https://twitter.com/cubanmissiledh

Matthew Daddona is a Nonfiction Book Editor at Dey Street Books, as well as a Writer with bylines in UPROXX, amNewYork, Outside Magazine, Fast Company, and more. He's also Co-host of the Kill Genre NYC series in New York City. https://twitter.com/MatthewDaddona

Murr from Impractical Jokers is a Bestselling Writer & Co-Author of the novels THE BRINK and Awakened with Darren Wearmouth. You can order his thriller THE BRINK here: http://www.smarturl.it/thebrinknovel https://twitter.com/jamessmurray Timm Woods is a professional Game Master who was recently featured in WIRED. He's also a Writer, Teacher, Bard, and Storyteller. twitter.com/timmwoods