Mar 18, 2020
The Nuts and Bolts of Contracting with an Agent
This article is part of a new monthly column, "Legally Speaking." This installment explains contracts with literary agents and what you should expect.
Jacqui Lipton is the founder of Raven Quill Literary Agency as well as a consultant on business and legal issues for creative artists. She also teaches law and legal writing at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as several online venues. She writes regular columns on legal and business issues for authors for the SCBWI, Luna Station Quarterly, the Authors Alliance, and Savvy Authors. Her book "Law and Authors: A Legal Handbook for Writers" is forthcoming from University of California Press in the fall of 2020. She is repped by Jane Dystel at DGBLM.
This article is part of a new monthly column, "Legally Speaking." This installment explains contracts with literary agents and what you should expect.
