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Is succeeding in publishing a moonshot? 🌙

Today's guest is author and associate literary agent Jenna Satterthwaite.

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Jun 06, 2024
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What does it really mean to succeed as an author?

We often have a very specific picture of what it means to succeed in the literary world — getting published by the Big Five, securing a huge advance, hitting bestseller lists, etc. But the publishing industry is famously tough, and if your definition of “success” is tied up in landing a six-figure book de…

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Jenna Satterthwaite is the author of thrillers MADE FOR YOU (out now), BEACH BODIES (PRH UK June 2025)/A KILLER GETAWAY (Sourcebooks, August 2025) and THE NEW YEAR'S PARTY (Mira, November 2025). She lives in Chicago with her husband and three kids.
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