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Lori Perkins is the executive editor and editorial director for Ravenous Romance and has been a literary agent for 20 years. She is also a published author, as well as an adjunct professor at N.Y.U.'s Center for Publishing. Ravenous Romance is a new publisher of erotic romance ebooks and audio books. They are publishing a book-a-day and a short story a day. She is also president of L. Perkins Agency, which has foreign agents in 11 countries and working relationships with Hollywood agents. She was the agent for How To Make Love Like A Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale by Jenna Jameson, which made The New York Times best-seller list for seven weeks. She was also the agent for J.K. Rowling: The Wizard behind Harry Potter by Marc Shapiro, which was on The New York Times children's best-seller list. Perkins is also the author of four books, The Cheapskate's Guide To Entertainment: How to Throw Fabulous Parties on a Budget, which was excerpted in Redbook and Family Circle Magazines; The Insider's Guide To Getting A Literary Agent, which was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the top 100 books on writing; The Everything Family Guide To Washington D.C., and The Everything Family Guide To New York. She has also written numerous articles on publishing for Writer's Digest and Publisher's Weekly. She has edited five erotica anthologies, and teaches a course on editing your manuscript at N.Y.U.'s Center for Publishing. Before starting her own agency in 1989, she worked as an agent with Lowenstein Associates. Prior to becoming an agent, she was a journalist who received her B.A. in journalism and art history from N.Y.U., where she later taught feature article writing. She is a native New Yorker with a 16 -year-old son who attends the Bronx High School of Science, just like his mom. She will conduct advanced reading appointments and consultation appointments and present, "Erotica and the Changing Publishing Market."

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