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What Robert is looking for
Rob served on the Board of the Independent Book Publishers Association and has a Certificate of Public Librarianship from the Vermont Department of Libraries. He is a picture book consultant and has ghostwritten picture books that went onto publishing success. Rob has given lectures on publishing and has been on discussion panels with SCBWI. He facilitates a workshop titled “Naturally Distracted,” about ADHD and creative writing. He is an Editor-at-Large at Wayfarer Magazine and was honored to serve as Poet Laureate of Shelburne, Vermont, the town he calls home. Rob is looking for:
Actively seeking
- Anything picture books. Especially something different and unique–from writers and/or illustrators. Rob gravitates toward a story that captures a moment more than a moral. But if something is written well, and it speaks to him, he will certainly consider it.
- Early readers, early chapter books and middle grade.
- Juvenile & MG graphic novels, graphic memoirs.
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Robert Broder represents Middle Grade, Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Memoir.
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