I’m delighted to share my interview with author Cliff Burke. Cliff and I worked together on a partial manuscript critique of his middle grade novel An Occasionally Happy Family back in 2018. Since then he landed an agent, two book deals with Clarion Books (now a division of HarperCollins), and he has several more projects in the pipeline.

What’s inspiring about Cliff’s story is that he “did not have any connections or real understanding of how the agenting process worked,” as he explained. So he took a methodical approach when sending out query letters, and it worked! Learn about Cliff's publishing journey here.