How to Set Up and Sustain a Successful Agent/Author Relationship

with Agent Rachel Orr and Authors Tasha Hilderman & Suzy Levinson

What does an agent-author relationship look like?

Agent Rachel Orr and two of her picture book author-clients, Tasha Hilderman and Suzy Levinson, come together to share what it's like to have and maintain an agent-client relationship, including:

  • What the submission process looks like from the agent's point of view
  • How long it can take to get to an offer of representation
  • What it's like to get The Call
  • How Tasha and Suzy work with Rachel on their works-in-progress
  • How they decide which manuscripts to submit to editors and which editors to submit to
  • When they call it quits on a manuscript
  • The top 5 things Rachel looks for in her clients
  • The top 5 things both Tasha and Suzy looked for in agents

It's an illuminating conversation that pulls back the curtain on what it's really like to work with agent.

This webinar purchase includes lifetime access to the 85-minute video, transcript, and downloadable audio track.

"This has been amazing! Thank you all for being so open and honest. It has been very helpful and eye-opening."

- Karin Larson


"This session was invaluable! Thanks so much for each of you sharing from your heart! "

- Janice Montgomery



Your Instructor


Rachel Orr, Tasha Hilderman, and Suzy Levinson
Rachel Orr, Tasha Hilderman, and Suzy Levinson

Rachel Orr is celebrating her nineteenth year at Prospect Agency, where she represents both authors and illustrators in projects ranging from board books through YA. She previously worked for eight rewarding years at HarperCollins Children’s Books and uses those editorial skills to help prepare her clients’ work for submission.

Tasha Hilderman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Saskatchewan. A member of SCBWI and co-owner of a home retail store and garden café in Lloydminster, Tasha has been a panelist and featured speaker at numerous business-industry events. She is of Métis descent through her mother’s side and a registered member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, and lives with her husband and three children in Alberta.

Suzy Levinson is an award-winning author of children’s books, including Animals in Pants, Dinos that Drive, A Year in Clown Town, Salvador Snake: Looking for Love, and Pumpkin Spies. Her poems have been featured in numerous anthologies and magazines, such as Highlights and Cricket. She lives in New York. 


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" Thank you all for your time!...It's wonderful to hear the inside scoop!

- Gwyneth Mooney


"This has been so helpful! I feel like I have a better understanding of the relationship between author and agent! Thank you all!"

- Becky Langston



"This has been amazing! Thank you all for being so open and honest. It has been very helpful and eye-opening."

- Karin Larson



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