We will discuss the skills and tricks needed to acquire a literary agent, such as doing the necessary research to find the right agent for you, writing a query letter, attending writers’ conferences and much more.
Matt Coyle is the author of the ten-book bestselling Rick Cahill crime series. Matt knew he wanted to be a crime writer when his father gave him THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER by Raymond Chandler when he was a young teen.
His books have won the Anthony, Shamus, Lefty, Authors on the Air Book of the Year, Ben Franklin Silver, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Silver, and San Diego Book Awards. He also earned the Odin Award by the San Diego Writers & Editors Guild in 2024.
He was named the Mystery Writer of the Year for 2021 by the San Diego Writers Festival. ODYSSEY’S END is the tenth book in the Rick Cahill series.
Matt lives in San Diego where he is writing something completely new from the points of view of three characters.
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