Writer Coaching from Literary Agents, Authors, and Industry Experts

Our literary agents and authors give writers the feedback, accountability, and community that their book needs to succeed.

Expert Support For Your Writing

Beth Marshea

Literary Agent

Beth is the owner and Lead Agent at Ladderbird Literary Agency. She has a BA in Literature and a Masters in Business Administration and is always looking for new and exciting ways to bring more diversity into publishing and beyond.

Alyssa Eisner Henkin

Literary Agent

Alyssa Henkin is the owner and Lead Agent at Birch Path Literary. She has a BA in American Literature from the University of Pennsylvania and a background in editing at Simon & Schuster, where she worked for seven years in the Books for Young Readers department.

Alisha Sevigny

Award-Winning Author

Alisha Sevigny is a best-selling and award-winning author, freelance editor, and former literary agent with extensive expertise in both the craft of writing and the publishing industry.

Sam Hiyate

Literary Agent

Literary agent and president of The Rights Factory, an international literary agency based in Toronto.

In his 30+ year publishing career he has launched the careers of numerous New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling authors.

He teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto and publishing at Ryerson University.

Leah Pierre

Literary Agent

A Texas native, Leah briefly moved to the East Coast to attend Rosemont College to pursue her dream of working in publishing. Not long after graduating with her B.A. in English and History, Leah found an agency home at Ladderbird Literary Agency where she has grown to become a Senior Agent. Leah has since gone on to pursue and receive her M.A. in Publishing from her alma mater. And having accomplished her dream of working in publishing, she moved back to Texas to begin her next adventure and continue searching for the next PB, YA, or Adult project that will hook her (or make her cry).