Kelly Thomas is an Associate Literary Agent with Serendipity Literary Agency and a Certified Copy Editor with a bachelorÕs degree in English from Pace University. She is an associate member of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA), a member of the New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT), Women in Film (WIF), and a member of the Editorial Freelance Association. She co-runs the monthly Ò8 Simple Steps to Writing a Successful Synopsis WebinarÓ and the ÒMake Your Synopsis Stand Out WorkshopÓ alongside Jennifer S. Wilkov through the publishing consulting company Your Book Is Your Hook. Kelly is also a screenwriter with a feature-length film in development. Prior to joining Serendipity Literary Agency, she provided part-time manuscript analysis for the D4EO Literary Agency. She is a panelist for the New York Women in Film & TelevisionÕs (NYWIFT) ÔThe Business of Adaptations PanelÕ program and a trainer for the ÔNext Bestseller Workshops.Õ Kelly has participated in Pitch Slams for writing conferences, including ThrillerFest, Crimebake, Writing Day Workshops, and The WriterÕs Digest Conference. She has sat on ÔAsk the AgentÕ panels for the AWP Conference and Writing BarnÕs ÔCourage to CreateÕ program, and she has participated in the ÔFirst Pages CritiqueÕ panel for the Carnegie Center for Literary, LearningÕs Books-in-Progress Conference and for the Women in Publishing Summit. Kelly has participated in the ÒFirst Ten Lines CritiqueÓ panel for The Hampton Roads WriterÕs Conference where she also taught classes on synopsis writing and character development. Kelly is a published poet with publications in Tales for the Disenchanted (2008) and Penumbra Art & Literature (2015). She has served as an editor for the literary arts magazine Pen & Brush and as a writing coach for the academic consulting company Brattlestreet.