Why do so many writers thank their agents first in the acknowledgements?
Because the agent is pretty much the most important person in a writer’s life.
Countless people work behind the scenes to bring each author’s budding vision for a story to its fruition, from friends and family to the publishing house’s distribution, but none is as essential as the agent.
Since the agent literally holds the dreams of the hopeful writer in their hands, finding the right one is imperative.
Now, you could either spend hours and hours hunting down the names of your favorite author’s agents and create tables ranking them based off their sales, or you can read through the list I’ve compiled after spending many days on Google and creating multiple charts based off my results.
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