peter rubie of fineprint literary management

KRISTEN TSETSI: You’re reading as a young person, and… What’s the strongest reading memory that comes to mind? Why does it stand out?ĪMY TIPTON: I honestly don’t have any strong memories about reading per se, but looking back, I was one weird kid with weird reading habits.

(She first stepped into the role of literary agent at Peter Rubie Literary Agency, now FinePrint Literary Management, in 2007.) She started out as an assistant and office manager at several agencies including JCA Literary Agency, Diana Finch Literary Agency, Gina Maccoby Literary Agency, and Liza Dawson Associates, as a book scout for Aram Fox, Inc., and as a freelance editor for Lauren Weisberger (author of The Devil Wears Prada). Prior to that, she was a literary agent at Signature Literary Agency since 2009. She has been working in the publishing industry for 13 years and started freelance editing in 2018. in Writing and Literature and received her MFA from New College of California in Writing. Freelance editor and former literary agent Amy Tipton discusses her love of young adult and middle grade fiction, the “unlikable female character,” whether agents who don’t want a manuscript will be likely to pass it along to an agent friend, her personal editing style, and more.Īmy Tipton graduated from Naropa University with a B.A.

Peter rubie of fineprint literary management