Join festival co-founder and host of The Premise podcast, Jeniffer Thompson, as she moderates this lively discussion about secrets and questions, pacing and plot twists, riveting yet relatable characters, and chapter-ending hooks that force your hand to turn “just one more page” until you find yourself at the end of the book. Featuring: Bill Clegg, […]
Award-winning NYT bestselling author, 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, and Festival Keynote Tayari Jones discusses her unique approach to the craft of writing with festival co-founder Marni Freedman, followed by the presentation of the 2021 SDWF Writer of the Year Award. A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION […]
Writers pitching agents one-on-one in a “live” Zoom room Participating agents include Elise Capron, BJ Robbins, and Jill Marr Top San Diego literary agents Elise Capron and Jill Marr (Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency) and Los Angeles-based agent BJ Robbins (BJ Robbins Literary Agency) will listen to 8-minute author pitches. Writers will be pitching agents one-on-one […]
