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William Gladstone is the founder of Waterside Productions Inc., a literary agency that has placed thousands of manuscripts and proposals with dozens of major and regional publishers over the last 25 years. His personal successes include the For Dummies…. book series, Oprah book club selection A New Earth, and hundreds of business, technology, and self-help books.

Simon Lipskar is an agent at Writers House, a literary agency in New York. He represents a wide range of writers, including major authors in literary and commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction, and young adult fiction.

Rita Rosenkranz founded Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency in 1990 after a career as an editor with major New York houses. Her adult nonfiction list stretches from the decorative to the dark and includes specialist and general interest titles. She works with major publishing houses, as well as regional publishers that handle niche markets.