Kevin Larimer is the editor in chief of Poets & Writers, where he edits Poets & Writers, oversees pw.org, and directs Poets & Writers Live. He is coauthor of The Poets & Writers Guide to Being a Writer.

Emily Forland is an agent at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents. She represents voice-driven literary fiction and narrative nonfiction and has a special place in her heart for original writing that jumps off the page.

Julia Kardon is a literary agent at Hannigan, Salky, Getzler Agency. She was formerly an agent and the director of foreign rights at Mary Evans Inc. A graduate of the University of Chicago with a degree in comparative literature, Julia now represents literary fiction and some memoir.

Kent D. Wolf is an agent at The Friedrich Agency, representing literary fiction and narrative nonfiction in the areas of memoir, essays, immersive reportage, and pop culture. His clients include National Book Award–finalist Carmen Maria Machado and New York Times–bestselling essayist Samantha Irby.

Raised in California, Marya got her BA in English at Harvard, where she was fiction editor for the Advocate, and her MFA in fiction at NYU, where she taught undergraduate creative writing. She represents literary fiction and narrative nonfiction.