Agents and Editors

Alan Bahr is the publisher and lead designer at Gallant Knight Games, where his RPGs have won awards and become industry best-sellers. He's written for video and board games, numerous IPs, and has been published in nearly a dozen languages. Outside of his gaming work, Alan is a philosopher, comic book writer and letterer, and much more.

Bestselling Author Bernadette Marie writes contemporary romances and believes in Happily Ever After. The married mother of five believes in love at first sight, quick love, and second chances. An avid martial artist, Bernadette Marie is a certified instructor and holds a third degree black belt in Tang Soo Do. She is President of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and the CEO of 5 Prince Publishing. When not writing, Bernadette is probably immersed in a Rom Com, from which she will often quote one-liners.

C.R. Langille spent many a Saturday afternoon watching monster movies with her mom. It wasn't long before she started crafting nightmares to share with her readers. She is a retired, disabled veteran with a deep love for weird and creepy tales. This prompted her to form Timber Ghost Press in January of 2021. She is an affiliate member of the Horror Writer's Association, the DEI Chair for the League of Utah Writers, and she received her MFA: Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2014.

Follow her here: https://link.heropost.io/crlangille

Lindsay Flanagan is an award-winning editor, author, and co-publisher at Mad Cat Books, an imprint of Roan & Weatherford Publishing. She has published two books, AnnaGrey and the Constellation, a middle-grade fantasy, and The Forsaken, a collection of poetry, short stories, prose, and photographs. Her next novel, Little Red Wraith, a young adult fantasy, will be published in August 2024. She has worked in the publishing industry for a decade as an editor at an editing firm and for traditional publishers as well as been an assistant for literary agents.

Lisa Mangum has worked in publishing for more than twenty-five years. She has been the managing editor for Shadow Mountain since 2014 and has worked with several award-winning and New York Times best-selling authors.

Lisa is also the author of four national best-selling YA novels, several short stories and novellas, and a nonfiction book about the craft of writing based on the TV show Supernatural.

She regularly teaches at writing conferences across the country as well as hosts a writing weekend twice a year in Capitol Reef National Park. She lives in Taylorsville, Utah, with her husband, Tracy.

Matt is a Literary Agent with New Leaf Literary & Media. Prior to joining the team at New Leaf, Matt has worked at several literary agencies and publishers. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, back when he thought he wanted to be a writer. He’s since learned the error of his ways and is thrilled to instead be working with authors to help bring their ideas to life. Matt is primarily looking for nonfiction projects with unique takes and fresh ideas to be explored

Ronald Gerber is a literary agent and manages foreign rights, permissions, and contracts at Lowenstein Associates. Before joining the Lowenstein team in 2019, he spent several years in literary scouting and supported two agents at Writers House. Ronald’s clients have books forthcoming from Simon & Schuster, Scribner, St. Martin’s Press, and more. His focus is on cinematic stories with strong hooks and relatable characters, and he is always looking for projects from queer, BIPOC, and other underrepresented authors. Ronald resides in Queens, New York.

Sabine Berlin's love for the written word has taken her on many different paths. She is an author, editor, and co-publisher at Mad Cat Books, an imprint of Roan & Weatherford Publishing. Her debut novel, And The Sky Full Of Stars, was published by Immortal Works. She spends her days working in higher education and her evenings imaging what the world would be like if aliens, alternate realities, and a healthy dose of magic were real.

A life-long bibliophile, Stacey’s experience includes working as a Field Representative for Scholastic Book Fairs, managing at Chapters/Indigo stores, freelance editing, and serving on the organizing committee of When Words Collide (A Festival for Readers and Writers). She joined The Rights Factory in 2018 and represents fiction and nonfiction authors across age categories and across genres. Stacey is drawn to strong narrative voices, innovative storytelling, feeling all the feels, laughing all the laughs, and also the dark and the weird.