This honest, provocative panel with St. Martin's editor Katie Gilligan, Random House editor Phillip Rappaport, agent Brandi Bowles, Self magazine editor Paula Derrow, New York Times editor Frank Flaherty and P.R. Guru Barb Burg will be moderated by "Speed Shrinking" author Susan Shapiro

If first person narrative non-fiction and essay are your thing, or you would like to explore them and your voice join us.

For anyone who creates, edits, writes for anthologies—or wants to. A place to talk about honing the pitch, marketing books, writing for others, herding the cats.