SF, Fantasy and Horror agent John Jarrold will be our #AskSwanwick Twitter chat guest on 2nd June at 8pm (UK Time). Grab the chance to ask John everything you'd like to know about the latest trends in SF, Fantasy and Horror - he's a leading agent who represents only those genres! John's been a speaker and tutor at Swanwick on several occasions and we’re sure many of you will remember his interview with the late Iain M. Banks.
John Jarrold has worked in book publishing since January 1988 following fifteen years working in public libraries – so books have ruled his professional life for forty years. As an editor and editorial director specialising in SF and Fantasy with Orbit at Macdonald Futura (the forerunner to Little Brown UK), Random House and Simon & Schuster between 1988 and 2002, he published bestselling novelists including Iain Banks, Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, David Gemmell, Arthur C Clarke and Michael Moorcock.
Since 2004 he has run the John Jarrold Literary Agency, which specialises entirely in SF, Fantasy and Horror. He has around forty clients – and has turned down over 9,000 submissions to the agency. The agency had over 50 books released by major publishers in the UK and US in 2013 alone, many others in translation across the world. It has also clinched multi-book deals for over 20 debut novelists. Four of his clients won major awards in 2013, including the Arthur C Clarke Award and the British SF Association Award for Short Fiction
We're proud that John is willing to give some of his scarce time and share his invaluable experience with us. If you'd like to participate, just search #AskSwanwick (selection “All”) on 2nd June between 8 and 9pm. Once the chat has started you can simple ask a question by using the hashtag on your tweet. You can find detailed guidelines on our chats here.
Since 2004 he has run the John Jarrold Literary Agency, which specialises entirely in SF, Fantasy and Horror. He has around forty clients – and has turned down over 9,000 submissions to the agency. The agency had over 50 books released by major publishers in the UK and US in 2013 alone, many others in translation across the world. It has also clinched multi-book deals for over 20 debut novelists. Four of his clients won major awards in 2013, including the Arthur C Clarke Award and the British SF Association Award for Short Fiction
We're proud that John is willing to give some of his scarce time and share his invaluable experience with us. If you'd like to participate, just search #AskSwanwick (selection “All”) on 2nd June between 8 and 9pm. Once the chat has started you can simple ask a question by using the hashtag on your tweet. You can find detailed guidelines on our chats here.
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