Prior to founding her own literary agency, Annie Bomke spent eight years at Margret McBride Literary Agency, where she worked with internationally bestselling authors including Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, John Assaraf, John David Mann, and Bob Burg. She has edited a wide range of projects-from hard-nosed business books to otherworldly historical novels. Authors have called her the pH test for good writing, and a bedrock for literary quality control.

She has worked on a variety of genres including mainstream and literary fiction, self-help, business, health/diet, memoir, parenting, relationships, psychology, and humor, but she is most passionate about character-driven literary fiction, thrillers, memoir, philosophy, and psychology.

During the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, she will share with writers what they can do to set themselves apart and get published in this increasingly difficult publishing market. She will discuss the ingredients of the novel, the process of querying an agent, how to establish a strong platform, and any other topics authors are interested in learning more about.

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