[laughter] i ended up talking to an agent named sarah fisk we talk associates 30 minute zoom but it wentfor an hour and there was like a wait a minute, are you are the library and i've been reading about the newspaper as a guess, that is me. sara set up your thought about writing a book question become like no. that very evening the tobias literary agency that she works for offered to sign me. i was thinking in my head i'm not really going to write a book. didn't cost anything so okay. [laughter] read over the contract, send it to my attorney this it looks good to me and i was like i don't know. [laughter] i signed it. the very next day a senior editor from bloomsbury publishing e-mailed me and said i heard you on the "new york times" first-person podcast premier thought about writing a book? i said actually just got an agent. i let them talk. they presented an offer i could not pass up to tell my story and get paid for it. and i realize that's not how that happens for the people that write their whole lives waiting for an agent. i'm very privileged and i'm very thankful. it kind of thin

i ended up talking to agent named sarah fiske, and we talked and it was supposed to be for a 30 minute zoom. but went for an hour and sarah was like, wait a are you the library that i've been reading about in the newspaper and i was like, yeah, that's me. and said, have you ever thought about writing a book was like, oh, no, no, no, no, no. well, that very evening, the tobias literary agency that she works for offered me offered to sign me. yeah. and was thinking about how i mean, i'm not really going to write a book, but didn't cost anything. so. okay, so i said i read over the contract, i sent it to attorney and she's like, looks good to me. --. and now, i don't know, i, i signed it, you know, the very day a senior editor, bloomsbury publishing, emailed me and said, i heard you on the new york first person podcast. have you ever thought about writing a book? and i said, well, actually, i just an agent and. i let them talk and they an offer i couldn't pass up to, tell my story and get paid for it. and i realized that's how that happens. i realize there are people that write their whol

i ended up talking to agent named sarah fiske, and we talked and it was supposed to be for a 30 minute zoom. but went for an hour and sarah was like, wait a are you the library that i've been reading about in the newspaper and i was like, yeah, that's me. and said, have you ever thought about writing a book was like, oh, no, no, no, no, no. well, that very evening, the tobias literary agency that she works for offered me offered to sign me. yeah. and was thinking about how i mean, i'm not really going to write a book, but didn't cost anything. so. okay, so i said i read over the contract, i sent it to attorney and she's like, looks good to me. --. and now, i don't know, i, i signed it, you know, the very day a senior editor, bloomsbury publishing, emailed me and said, i heard you on the new york first person podcast. have you ever thought about writing a book? and i said, well, actually, i just an agent and. i let them talk and they an offer i couldn't pass up to, tell my story and get paid for it. and i realized that's how that happens. i realize there are people that write their whol

i ended up talking to agent named sarah fiske, and we talked and it was supposed to be for a 30 minute zoom. but went for an hour and sarah was like, wait a are you the library that i've been reading about in the newspaper and i was like, yeah, that's me. and said, have you ever thought about writing a book was like, oh, no, no, no, no, no. well, that very evening, the tobias literary agency that she works for offered me offered to sign me. yeah. and was thinking about how i mean, i'm not really going to write a book, but didn't cost anything. so. okay, so i said i read over the contract, i sent it to attorney and she's like, looks good to me. --. and now, i don't know, i, i signed it, you know, the very day a senior editor, bloomsbury publishing, emailed me and said, i heard you on the new york first person podcast. have you ever thought about writing a book? and i said, well, actually, i just an agent and. i let them talk and they an offer i couldn't pass up to, tell my story and get paid for it. and i realized that's how that happens. i realize there are people that write their whol