The Department of English is pleased to host a virtual alumni panel focused on working in literary agencies. For this panel, we'll be talking with Chelsea Eberly, Director of Greenhouse Literary Agency, and Hannah Lehmkuhl, foreign rights agent for Inkwell Management Literary Agency. Chelsea and Hannah will share insight into their work, what it's like to work in the world of literary agencies, the path that brought them from Ohio State to their current roles, and how the English major supports the work they do now.
Please register for the webinar using this Zoom registration link.
We encourage you to submit questions for the panelists ahead of time when you register. If you have questions about the event, please contact Elizabeth Falter (falter.44@osu.edu).
About the Panelists:
Chelsea Eberly is the Director of Greenhouse Literary Agency, where she represents children’s books, graphic novelists, and select adult fiction. As a former Senior Editor at Random House Books for Young Readers, she was the editor of the Newbery Medal winner When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller as well as numerous New York Timesbestsellers by Tamora Pierce, Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Sarah J. Maas, Mark Siegel, and Natasha Bowen to name only a few. She was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree and is a member of the Association of American Literary Agents. Her client roster includes award-winning and New York Times bestselling creators alongside rising-star debuts, such Gavin Aung Than, Sarwat Chadda, Eva Des Lauriers, Victoria Grace Elliott, Gabriela Epstein, Michelle Lam, Kayvion Lewis, Rebecca Mock, Emily Thiede, and Ngozi Ukazu. Chelsea graduated from the Ohio State University before attending the Columbia Publishing Course. Prior to working at Penguin Random House, she was an editor of Kindergarten and Pre-K reading textbooks at McGraw-Hill. Chelsea is on the lookout for creators with a distinct point of view and style, those best-in-class storytellers who are always swinging for the fences with big ideas and even bigger heart. Learn more at greenhouseliterary.com.
Hannah Lehmkuhl graduated from the Ohio State University in 2020 with a B.A in English literature and a business minor. She has interned with Liza Dawson Associates, Folio Literary Management, and Writers House. Hannah currently works for InkWell Management Literary Agency as a foreign rights agent. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.