Allegra Martschenko is a literary agent with _Ladderbird. As both a writer and an editor, Allegra brings a well-rounded perspective to author-agent relationships and prioritizes championing diverse voices. They have a degree in architecture with a minor in creative writing from Princeton University and have worked at Princeton University Press, Cornell University Press, and the University Press of Colorado shepherding books into the world.

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They love books that love you back: sweeping stories, characters with big hearts, and prose that inspires. When theyÕre not reading, you can usually find them gardening, crafting, or wrestling their misbehaving cats.