It’s like American Idol for books, only without Simon!  Writers get one minute to pitch their book ideas to a once-in-a-lifetime, all-star cast of publishing experts: Arielle Eckstut & David Henry Sterry, co-founders of The Book Doctors and co-authors of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published; Alice LaPlante, author of The Making of A Story, Stegner winner, & creative writing teacher at Stanford and San Francisco State. Arielle has been a literary agent at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency for 18 years, and David is the best-selling author of 13 books, the last of which appeared on the cover of the Sunday New York Times Book Review.  They’ve helped dozens and dozens of talented amateurs become professionally published authors.  They’ve appeared everywhere from NPR to The New York Times and taught at Stanford University. 

Winner gets an introduction to an agent appropriate for their book. Anyone who buys the book at Kepler's gets a free consultation worth $100! 

Write-up of a wild Pitchapalooza at the great book store Book Revue. http://bit.ly/dVzatz.

Mini documentary about the authors' last Pitchapalooza http://bit.ly/f8hH2F

New York Times article about PITCHAPALOOZA: http://bit.ly/gw99nh

“A must-have for every aspiring writer.” – Khaled Hosseini, New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner