#118: Sam Copeland — How to Catch The Eye Of A Literary Agent, Compelling Pitch Letters & Writing Funny Children’s Fiction

London Writers' Salon

Literary Agent (RCW Agency) and children’s author Sam Copeland on what he’s looking for in his submissions pile, how to write a compelling pitch letter, what he thinks about submitting to agents internationally and how he constructs funny middle-grade fiction.

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ABOUT SAM COPELAND

Sam Copeland was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the 2020 and 2021 British Book Awards and selected for the Bookseller's Most Influential People in Publishing in 2020. He welcomes e-mail submissions and can be contacted on [e-mail]. His associate is [e-mail]. He is also a children’s author. The Waterstones Children's Book of the Year shortlisted his Charlie Changes series.

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RESOURCES & LINKS

• 📄 Interview Transcript (unedited)
• Sam Copeland
• RCW Literary Agency
• Piranesi by Sussana Clarke
• The Overstory by Richard Powers
• Jenny Pearson
• Submit your ms to Sam: [e-mail].

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