Master Class: How To Find An Agent with Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Master Class: How To Find An Agent with Maurice Carlos Ruffin
1 Session: Tuesday, April 23
7:00-9:00pm ET
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Maurice Carlos Ruffin is the author of three books. His most recent book is the novel is The American Daughters (One World, 2024). Other books include the story collection, The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You (One World, 2021), a New York Times Editor’s Choice, a finalist for the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and longlisted for the Story Prize, and We Cast a Shadow (One World, 2019), which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the PEN America Open Book Prize.
Literary and commercial success are often tied to having a great agent. But getting an agent is one of the most difficult, high stakes challenges writers face. It's helpful to know what agents do and don't do, what they expect to see from prospective authors, and how to land the agent who is the perfect match for you.
Workshop Highlights:
Learn why having an agent can be critical to your success
Identify the perfect agent
Increase your chances of landing an agent
2 full scholarships available. For information, please contact Kate Mabus, kate@theshipmanagency.com
Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s most recent book is the story collection, The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You (One World, 2021), a New York Times Editor’s Choice, a finalist for the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and longlisted for the Story Prize. His first book, We Cast a Shadow (One World, 2019) was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the PEN America Open Book Prize. It was longlisted for the 2021 DUBLIN Literary Award, the Center for Fiction Prize, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. The novel was also a New York Times Editor’s Choice. Ruffin is the winner of several literary prizes, including the Iowa Review Award in fiction and the William Faulkner–William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Award for Novel-in-Progress. His next novel is The American Daughters, which will be published by One World in February 2024. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the LA Times, the Oxford American, Garden & Gun, Kenyon Review, and Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America.
