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An Interview with Hannah Holt

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In this rebroadcast, we talk with Hannah Holt, a children’s author with an engineering degree. Her books, The Diamond & The Boy (Balzer+Bray) and A Father’s Love (Philomel) weave together her love of language and science. We talk about: - Biggest misconception writers have about getting an agent and/or a book deal - Advice for prepublished writers - How she created and researched a picture book about her grandfather - Questions about “bare bones” publishing, indie, and traditional publishing

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