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What role in a publishing house best suits a writer?

What role in a publishing house best suits a writer?

Kesia Lupo, literary agent at Donald Maass Literary Agency, has a background in children's book editorial and is also a YA author, so her views are brilliantly broad.

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Mar 15, 2025
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What role in a publishing house best suits a writer? This is a great question, and one I wrestled with as I completed my Creative Writing MA and started to search for roles in the publishing industry alongside seeking a publishing contract.

I eventually landed that contract and ended up in perhaps the obvious instinctive choice: Editorial. Nearly all of …

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Kesia Lupo
Commissioning Editor, former agent and bookseller, author of 3 YA novels out with Bloomsbury UK. 12 years in the book industry!
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