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Michele graduated first from the State University of New York College at Geneseo with a BA in English Language and Literature and later from New York University in 2002 with an MFA in Creative Writing.<\/p>\n

Michele joined the Book Club department of Scholastic in 1997 as an Editorial Assistant and was promoted through Assistant Editor and Assistant Promotions Manager to the rank of Manager by 2000. She then left Scholastic to be a Freelance Reader until 2003 when she joined Darhansoff & Versill Literary Agents as a Submissions Manager. She took on the simultaneous role of Domestic Rights Director in 2005 and began building her own client list as a Literary Agent in 2008. She continues to work in her two previous roles at the agency alongside agenting.<\/p>\n

Michele attends writers’ conferences, such as the Missouri Writers’ Guild Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-928512","agent","type-agent","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMichele Mortimer, Literary Agent \u2013 All You Need To Know | Jericho Writers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/our-services\/agentmatch\/literary-agent\/michele-mortimer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michele Mortimer – Jericho Writers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Michele graduated first from the State University of New York College at Geneseo with a BA in English Language and Literature and later from New York University in 2002 with an MFA in Creative Writing. 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