Win a detailed query critique by experienced literary agent Rebecca Strauss of DeFiore and Co. Agents have so many tips/tricks here! Get your query polished and ready to submit!

Rebecca Strauss is an agent at DeFiore and Co. and focuses on literary and commercial fiction, women's fiction, fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, YA, pop culture and select non-fiction. She's looking for a compelling story, clear concept, fresh voice and emotional heart-a work that grabs you from the first page. She's especially interested in emerging writers and underrepresented voices.

Rebecca was the Director of Subsidiary Rights at McIntosh and Otis, a foreign rights associate at Trident Media Group, and a book scout and development assistant at Sony Pictures. She's originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and earned her degree in English Literature from Duke University.

Win signed and annotated copies of Jessica Goodman's three YA thrillers: They Wish They Were Us, They'll Never Catch Us and The Counselors.

Author will sign the book and include at least 5-7 insider notes throughout the book, either by hand on the pages or Post-It.

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Jessica Goodman is the New York Times bestselling author of young adult thrillers They Wish they Were Us, They'll Never Catch Us, and The Counselors. She is the former op-ed editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, and was part of the 2017 team that won a National Magazine Award in personal service. She has also held editorial positions at Entertainment Weekly and HuffPost, and her work has been published in outlets like Glamour, Condé Nast Traveler, The Cut, Elle, Bustle, and Marie Claire.

Headshot by Allie Holloway.

Win a signed copy of Youngblood with annotations by the author.

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Sasha Laurens is the author of Youngblood and A Wicked Magic. She is originally from Northern California and has lived in Michigan, New York, and St. Petersburg, Russia. She has a Ph.D. in political science and lives in Brooklyn.