Sarah Rhoads
Sarah Rhoads asked Gail Carson Levine:

I (like many on this site, I'm sure) am serious about publishing a book and was wondering how long it took your first book to get picked up? Did you use an agent?

Gail Carson Levine I can't say strongly enough that everyone's experience is different, but it took me nine years to get published. At the end, I did have an agent.

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