Tucson Festival of Books

Workshop: The Art of the Pitch


Pitching a novel doesn’t have to be scary. It can be a heck of a lot of fun. (Yes, fun!) This workshop will explore resources and strategies for preparing a pitch to an agent, editor, or publisher. We’ll cover the query letter, face-to-face pitches, the elevator pitch, and other important ways to promote your own work.


Panelist
Jonathan Maberry

Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, with multiple wins for the Bram Stoker and Scribe Awards. His vampire apocalypse series, V Wars, was a Netflix original series. He writes in multiple genres including comic books, suspense, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and action, for adults, teens and middle grade....

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Books:
Red Empire
A Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel
Jonathan Maberry
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
St. Martin's Publishing Group
March 2026
ISBN 9781250892683
528 pages
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Cold War
A NecroTek Novel
Jonathan Maberry
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Blackstone Publishing
October 2025
ISBN 9798200688524
552 pages
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