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Q&A How would an agent approach a debut piece written by two new authors (co-authors)

This is still all in the realm of the hypothetical, but given that it becomes closer to the reality, I'm very curious... Let's say you have two new, previously unpublished and unrepresented author...

0 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Kale‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:09:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/9251
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Kale‭ · 2019-12-08T03:09:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
This is still all in the realm of the hypothetical, but given that it becomes closer to the reality, I'm very curious...

Let's say you have two new, previously unpublished and unrepresented authors who produced a collaborative novel. Let's say an agent was really interested in the novel. Would the fact that said novel was written by two people be a point against the agent picking the project up? I understand that agents don't represent books, but the writers themselves, so I have to wonder if this scenario would be problematic.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-10-29T02:59:07Z (about 11 years ago)
Original score: 5