Sara Wigal

Biography

Sara Wigal is an Associate Professor and Director of Publishing at Belmont University. Through the Publishing program, she equips students with necessary skills and knowledge to enter the ever-changing world of book and magazine publishing. She has trained under literary agents, magazine editors, and a major publishing house’s marketing department, finally working in literary PR, beginning as an assistant and working her way up to a Senior Manager role. Wigal has been published by Library Journal, The Tennessean, Publishers Weekly, and Writer's Digest, and was a featured interview in the Writer’s Digest “Guide to Literary Agents” 2019 edition. She speaks frequently at conferences on a range of topics related to Publishing, such as author branding, digital platforms for authors, and the business of books. 

Wigal serves our local literary community through fundraising for various literary organizations. She is a cofounder of A Dolly Good Time, an annual benefit for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Middle TN. She previously served as a co-chair of the Next Chapter Society in support of the programming made possible by the Nashville Public Library Foundation, and maintains membership there as well as in several local chapters of national writers' groups. 

Wigal is the Executive Director of WriterFest Nashville, which hosts an annual conference and helps connect local writing groups, publishing professionals, and authors with yearlong programming. She is a cofounder and Executive Director as well as literary agent with Ami McConnell Literary Agency. 

You can find more information about Your Publishing Professor, Sara Wigal, on her personal website. Most book lovers cannot pick a favorite book, but Wigal’s most re-read title is Wuthering Heights. 

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