Pitches, Query & Manuscript Consults, & Coaching Sessions

Ronald Gerber is President at Lowenstein Associates, where he has been a literary agent since 2019. He is focused on cinematic stories with strong hooks and relatable characters, and is always looking for projects from underrepresented authors. He is a proud graduate of Bard College at Simon’s Rock and Clark University. He resides in Queens, New York with his wife and too many books to count.

Genres he’s looking for: thriller/mystery/crime, literary fiction (serious or humorous), book club fiction, romance, romantic comedy, historical fiction, grounded sci-fi, true crime, memoir, biography, narrative nonfiction, history nonfiction, pop culture books, and contemporary middle grade.

Genres he’s not the best fit for: fantasy, hard sci-fi/space opera, thrillers centered around religious, military, or government conspiracies, YA, picture books, prescriptive nonfiction (i.e., parenting, self-help, how-to, business), and poetry.

Victoria Doherty Munro is a junior agent at Writers House representing middle grade, young adult, and adult authors. She started at Writers House as an intern in 2010 and, after graduating from Wellesley College with a degree in English, was hired as the assistant to senior agent Daniel Lazar in 2012. She began building her own list in 2015.

And how’s this for a fun fact? Victoria is descended from both the last accused witch of the Salem witch trials and one of the witch hunters, and is pretty sure that means she missed her calling as the star of a bestselling YA trilogy.

Wish list: On the adult side, she’s drawn to anything with a speculative element to it, as well as upmarket contemporary fiction and thrillers with a more literary vibe. On the kids’ side she represents middle grade and YA and is looking for speculative and contemporary, as well as fantasy – and she’d really love to find a spooky middle grade horror story.

Callie Hansen is Product Manager for Shadow Mountain Publishing with a background in marketing and a lifelong passion for storytelling. A writer and avid reader with a soft spot for children’s and young adult literature, she thrives on discovering and shaping stories that captivate readers of all ages.

When she’s not immersed in the publishing world, Callie plans Disney and Universal vacations for herself and others. Fueled by creativity, chocolate, and a deep love of stories, she’s always dreaming up her next great adventure—whether on the page or beyond.

Genres she’s looking for: Young Adult Fantasy/Romance, Contemporary Romance, Middle Grade Fiction/Fantasy, Cozy Mystery, Mystery/Thriller, and Historical Fiction.

Victorine self-published her first book, Not What She Seems, in April of 2010. In March of 2011, Not What She Seems began its 6 week run on the New York Times best-selling eBook list. By May 2011 she had sold over 100,000 copies. Victorine’s first romantic comedy novel hit the USA Today bestselling books list in January 2015.

Victorine and her husband live in Nebraska with their four children and two cats. She loves all things romance and watches While You Were Sleeping about once every six months. When she’s not writing, she’s designing book covers for authors or making something with her extensive yarn collection.

Victorine and her husband have raised their four children in Nebraska. Victorine also does graphic design work in the publishing industry.

Born and raised in Anchorage, M.A. Nichols is a lifelong Alaskan, though she briefly ventured south to get a fancy bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree from Utah State University—neither of which had anything to do with why she became an author, but they kept her alive while launching her publishing career.

As a child she despised reading, but thanks to her mother’s love and persistence, she saw the error of her ways and developed a deep and abiding obsession with books. Currently, she writes sweet historical romance and fantasy, but as a lover of many genres, she plans to explore more in the future.