Agent Michael Bourret Interview at CWIM

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Another editor here - the wonderful Alice Pope, editor of Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market - has recently interviewed literary agent Michael Bourret of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. The whole interview is over on Alice's CWIM blog. As you may have guessed, most of the interview questions deal with children's writing, especially his search for the next great middle grade work and YA memoir.

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