Samantha Browning Shea has been a literary agent for Georges Borchardt for fifteen years, where hse has worked on books that have been received numrerous honors and awards, including the “5 Under 35” honor from the National Book Foundation, the “Best of Young American Novelists” honor from Granta Magazine, the Kirkus Prize, the Whiting Award, the National Book Critics Circle Awards, the PEN/ Robert W. Bingham Prize.
Now, with her debut novel, Marrow, Shea is ready to introduce readers to a world that explores femininity and power on a small island off the coast of Maine, where a coven of witches tinkers with fertility.
We caught up with Shea via email, where we asked about being a literary agent, why magic and motherhood interested her, and how Marrow became her debut book.
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