April Eberhardt, a literary change agent and author advocate, is passionate about helping authors be published in the most effective and satisfying way. After 25 years as a corporate strategist and consultant, Ms. Eberhardt joined the literary world, where she saw strategic opportunity to play a role in the changing world of publishing.

Ms. Eberhardt advises and assists authors worldwide as they choose the best pathway to publication for their work, be it indie or traditional, digital or print. She represents authors traditionally, and also provides guidance to those who wish to explore non-traditional paths to publication. She serves as a consultant to new publishing startups, and is a reader for the Best American Short Stories series published annually by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

First priority will be given to manuscripts pitched in person at literary conferences, events and symposia, including the following venues in 2017: San Miguel Writers' Conference, Mexico; Muse & the Marketplace, Boston; International Women's Writing Guild Conference, Allentown, PA; and Mendocino Writers' Conference, Mendocino, CA.

Each June April Eberhardt offers a writers' retreat in Chateau-du-Loir, France for a small group of carefully selected authors. You can learn more about it here. We are currently accepting applications.

We look forward to reading your best work!

After 25 years as a corporate strategist and consultant, April Eberhardt joined the literary world as head reader for Zoetrope: All-Story, a literary magazine, followed by five years as an agent with two San Francisco-based literary agencies. She holds an MBA from Boston University in Marketing and Finance, a BA from Hamilton (Kirkland) College in Anthropology and French, and a CPLF degree from the University of Paris. She represents clients worldwide, and divides her time between San Francisco, New York and Paris.