Literary agent Jamie Cowen talks about querying, working with authors on manuscripts and more!

Our series of industry episodes continues as we talk with leading literary agent Jamie Cowen. Jamie has worked in publishing for 18 years. Before joining Ampersand literary agency in 2013 he was a commissioning editor at HarperCollins, and prior to that he worked in legal and contracts departments at HC and the Hachette Group. Jamie’s clients at Ampersand include Tendai Huchu (The Library of the Dead, Tor UK and US), Adrian Selby (Snakewood, The Winter Road and Brother Red; Orbit), Mark Hill (His First Lie, It Was Her, The Bad Place and The Woman in the Wood; Sphere and Head of Zeus), and even our very own Tariq Ashkanani!
We had great fun chatting to Jamie, learning how he became an agent, what he looks for when receiving queries and hearing him explain how he uses a synopsis when assessing a query. We also hear whether he will take on a manuscript that needs some work, how important the agent/editor relationship is and much more!
Links:
Visit Ampersand Agency: theampersandagency.co.uk/
Follow Jamie on Twitter: / bigjcowen
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[@MrK.A]

Thanks so much for these videos. They're incredible helpful for us aspiring authors.

[@pageonepodcast]

So glad that they are helpful! Plenty more to come in the future as well!

[@calmit23]

loved this. Cheers guys onto your next one...

[@gtartrek9453]

Great video - I came across this thanks to a tweet from Jamie on Twitter. Hope this gets more views soon!

[@freedomthroughspirit]

Great info, thank you!

[@pageonepodcast]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GordonMcLachlan]

Fascinating interview! I just watched the whole thing and loved it.

[@abhishekparasrampuria2499]

Incredibly helpful video. Thank you!

[@pageonepodcast]

So glad it was helpful!