Rose Friel has been the agency assistant at Maria Carvainis Agency for one year. She is thrilled to be participating in the conference — taking pitches on behalf of agents Maria Carvainis and Elizabeth Copps. That means Rose will be receiving pitches for submissions in all fiction genres excluding fantasy, science fiction, and children’s picture books. The agency also considers select memoirs and popular nonfiction queries.

“I have been the assistant to Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc. for one year after four years of agency work in both the United States and United Kingdom. I hold both a Bachelors in English Literature and Communication Studies from Villanova University, and a Masters in Publishing from London College of Communication.”