Chuck Sambuchino

Chuck Sambuchino (chucksambuchino.com) is an editor, bestselling humor book author, and authority on how to get published. He worked for Writer's Digest Books for more than a decade, editing the GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS as well as the CHILDREN'S WRITER'S & ILLUSTRATOR'S MARKET. His Guide to Literary Agents Blog -- all about agents, submissions and platform -- was one of the largest blogs in publishing for many years. He was included in a FORBES Top 10 list of "Social Media Influencers in Book Publishing." He instructs at a dozen writers conferences each year.

Chuck's first humor book, HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK (gnomeattack.com), was released in 2010 and has been featured by Reader's Digest, the New York Times, Buzzfeed, Mental Floss, AOL News, and many more. The film rights were optioned by Sony and director Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future). Besides his GNOME book, Chuck has written two other humor books as well as three writing-related titles: the third edition of FORMATTING & SUBMITTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT (2009), CREATE YOUR WRITER PLATFORM (fall 2012), and GET A LITERARY AGENT (2015).

Nowadays, Chuck is a freelance book/query editor and teacher all around the U.S. Go to his website (chucksambuchino.com) for an updated list of where he will be teaching. He is a devoted father, cover band guitarist, piano lover, chocolate chip cookie addict, and owner of a flabby-yet-lovable dog named Graham. Connect with him on Twitter (@chucksambuchino).