Name: Leveling Up: Opportunities & Issues Faced by Mid-Career Authors
Start: 2027-01-16T09:00:00-0500
End: 2027-01-16T10:00:00-0500

Leveling Up: Opportunities & Issues Faced by Mid-Career Authors

Saturday January 16, 2027 9:00am - 10:00am EST

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This session tackles what it means to level up in your career beyond your first book. We'll discuss how to strategize for your next stage-- whether that means changing genres or categories, renegotiating with your publisher or switching houses, building new income streams, or repositioning yourself in the market entirely. We'll also discuss what comes after the debut buzz fades: advances that might flatten instead of grow, the pressure to replicate past success, what happens when a book underperforms, and staying visible in a market obsessed with what's new. Whether you're several books in and looking to break through a plateau, or watching peers navigate these waters, you'll leave with a clearer, more honest picture of what "established" really means — and a real strategy for building the career you actually want.

Moderators

Mollie Glick

Creative Artists Agency, Literary Agent

Mollie Glick represents many top authors and thought leaders including President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Dame Jacinda Ardern, and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg; Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Ken Armstrong, T. Christian... Read More →

Speakers

Kelly Link

THE BOOK OF LOVE, Author

Kelly Link is the author of the novel The Book of Love and five collections, including White Cat, Black Dog. She is the owner of the independent bookstore Book Moon.

Ken Liu

THE PASSING OF THE DRAGON AND OTHER STORIES, Author

Ken Liu (http://kenliu.name) is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, he wrote the Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series, as well as the short story collection The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories. His Juli... Read More →

Renee Zuckerbrot

Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents, Agent

Renée Zuckerbrot became an agent after working as an editor at Doubleday. Authors represented by Renée have won or been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the Booker Prize, The National Book Award, the Dublin Literary Award, The Caine Prize for African Writing, the PEN Faulkner Award... Read More →

Saturday January 16, 2027 9:00am - 10:00am EST
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Ken Liu

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