Episode 12: Rebecca Eskildsen
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Rebecca Eskildsen is a literary agent at Writers House. She began her publishing career in the Seattle small press scene and spent two years bookselling at Barnes & Noble. After moving to New York, she joined JABberwocky Literary Agency as a foreign rights associate. She has been at Writers House since 2017, where she is now building her own list and continuing to support senior agent Merrilee Heifetz. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her toothless and VERY demanding cat, Violet.
In this episode:
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Violet, Rebecca’s cat
Merrilee Heifetz, senior agent at Writers House
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Cake Eater by Allyson Dahlin
The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth
The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Parent Trap (as a concept)
Sadie on a Plate by Amanda Elliot/Panitch
Jude Duarte, from The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango (Spanish edition coming Feb 2023)