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The Business (and Art!) of Publishing

Calling all writers: this is the panel for you! No matter where you are in your writing and publishing journey, agent Kait Feldmann and editor Eden Railsback are here to offer insight, wisdom, and best practices to move you forward.

So you've written a book -- what comes next? Our panel of experts is here to guide you through the process, from drafting your first query letter to avoiding publishing scams, from the thrill of signing with an agent to navigating the lows of rejection. We'll demystify the process and provide helpful tips as you explore the next steps in your storytelling journey. 

This panel will take place on the West Hollywood Park Stage. 

Kait Lee Feldmann is a children’s book agent at kt literary representing illustrators. She has been romping around children’s book publishing for over a decade, previously as an editor at HarperCollins and Scholastic. Her list as editor included award-winning books that received a Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, and Sibert Honor; the Ezra Jack Keats Award; and appearances on Best of lists for The New York Times, NPR, Kirkus, and more. Kait is hapa (mixed race Chinese/white) and is passionate about championing books by, about, and for BIPOC. In 2020 she received the CBC Diversity Outstanding Achievement Award. Kait resides in a hoarder’s paradise in Los Angeles, surrounded by books.

Eden Railsback is originally from LA and is now based in New York. She started out as an intern at Beacon Press, then moved on to Hanover Square, a boutique imprint of HarperCollins. After four years with Hanover working on both fiction and nonfiction, she moved to Tor to build a concise list of commercial genre fiction. Eden has edited across a wide variety of bestselling fiction authors including Sarah Mughal Rana, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, John Marrs, Grace D. Li, Maddie Martinez, Madeline Martin, and Genoveva Dimova. In her spare time, she loves reading nonfiction of all sorts: pop culture analyses, historical narratives, and political commentary are some of her favorites.

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