In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss the closing of Lupine Grove Literary and best practices for when your agent turns out to be toxic. 

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Discussed In This Episode:

Agent Danielle Smith Accused of Fraud, Lupine Grove ClosesTrogdor the Burninator from Strongbad Email #58 “Dragon” Maria Semple – Where’d You Go, Bernadette? Amazon | B&N | IndieBoundChad Harbach – The Art of Fielding Amazon | B&N | IndieBound  **NB: Jen used The Art Of Fielding as an example of a book whose success was inversely proportional to the size of the advance. A better example of this would be CITY ON FIRE by Garth Risk Hallberg, which sold for a larger advance and did less in sales, whereas Art Of Fielding actually has done very well relative to its advance. Sorry, Chad!  Hannah Kent – Burial Rites Amazon | B&N | IndieBound  “No, you probably don’t have a book in you” by Kate McKean H.G. Bissinger – Friday Night Lights Amazon | B&N | IndieBound  Jared Diamond – Guns, Germs, and Steel Amazon | B&N | IndieBound  Misa Sugiura– It’s Not Like It’s a Secret Amazon | B&N | IndieBound  Kelly Yang – Front Desk Amazon | B&N | IndieBound  Kat Yeh – The Truth About Twinkie Pie Amazon | B&N | IndieBound  Mary Winn Heider – The Mortification of Fovea Munson Amazon | B&N | IndieBound  Emily Duncan – Wicked Saints GoodreadsConnie Willis – To Say Nothing Of The Dog Amazon | B&N | IndieBound  Simon Sebag Monetfiore – The Romanovs 1613-1918 Amazon | B&N | IndieBound