Ali McDonald: Ask an Agent

Join us in February as guest Ali McDonald answers your questions about agenting, query letters, and the business side of the writing world. You’ll want to register early for this one—we’ll collect questions for Ali ahead of time!

Bio:

Ali McDonald has worked in publishing for fourteen years, leading the children’s division at The Rights Factory before launching 5 Otter Literary with her partners in January, 2021. She represents bestselling, award-winning, emerging, and debut children’s authors and illustrators, in a range of formats and genres from board books to young adult literature and everything in between. Her specialization is in genre fiction—speculative, thriller, horror, science fiction, and fantasy—particularly from underrepresented and marginalized creators.