Take It from Me: An Agent’s Guide to Building a Nonfiction Writing Career from Scratch. (Pantheon, 1/20. Editor: Denise Oswald. Agent: Meredith Kaffel Simonoff.) Alia Hanna Habib is a vice president and literary agent at The Gernert Company, where she represents MacArthur Fellows, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, National Book Award finalists, and numerous New York Times-bestselling authors. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. You include a lot of yourself in the book, and mention that you don’t think writers should completely erase themselves in an effort for neutrality and objectivity. Why do you think having a clear perspective is a strength? Putting […]
