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

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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 β€” 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 β€œsuccess” 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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