Jenna Land Free is a literary agent with Folio Literary Management. She says: “I am a hands-on editorial agent who builds authorsÕ careers, not just their books.

With two decades of publishing experience, my work as an agent is informed by my past on the other sides of the editing desk. As an editor, I worked with authors such as David McCullough to shepherd his bestselling 1776 into illustrated form, and Stan Lee to create an interactive experience of his Marvel Universe. And as a ghostwriter and book collaborator, I have nurtured seventeen books through from idea formation to finished manuscript, including Carine McCandlessÕs The Wild Truth, Diane TavennerÕs Prepared, William Stixrud and Ned JohnsonÕs The Self-Driven Child, and Kwane StewartÕs What It Takes to Save a Life.

My favorite projects challenge us to be better citizens and better humans. Among the deals IÕve recently secured for clients: a journalist writing about the importance of social prescribing for a more robust healthcare system; a victim of the war on drugs writing about discovering Hamlet in solitary confinement, and other books that changed his life; and a therapist and parent writing about how to navigate the emotional challenges of raising a disabled child.

I live in Seattle, Washington with my husband and two daughters. IÕm a pet-lover, a volunteer with the child welfare nonprofit Strong Families, and an enthusiast of whatever gets me on the water or a mountain.”