Author Intensive: Tips for Crafting a Compelling First Chapter and an Insightful Synopsis with Hillary Fazzari, Agent
Feb 28, 2026
Online event
Tips for Crafting a Compelling First Chapter and an Insightful Synopsis: Hillary will be sharing hands-on editing strategies to polish First Chapters that hook agents, editors and readers, using examples of projects she personally represented and First Page submissions from attendees. You will also get an agents overview of the parameters and importance of a well-written synopsis when submitting novels – (which more agent and editor submission guidelines are now requesting).
Hillary Fazzari, Agent, Bradford Agency
Hillary Fazzari (she/her) joined the Bradford Literary Agency as the agency’s assistant in 2022 before moving into agenting in 2023. Prior to that, she served as a long-term reader and editor for another literary agency, interned at Writers House, and worked for Scholastic. She's a highly editorial agent and works with a broad range of categories and age bands from picture books to adult fiction and nonfiction.