Erin C. Niumata - Literary agent and SVP at Folio Literary Management

Workshop Instructor

Erin C. Niumata has been in publishing for several decades. She has been a Senior Vice President at Folio Literary Management since 2006. She also worked in the editorial departments of Simon and Schuster, HarperCollins and was editorial director of Avalon Books (now a division of Amazon Publishing). She has represented NY Times bestselling women’s fiction author Carolyn Brown; Discovery Channel’s Fast N Loud, and Cash Cab; TLC’s The Cake Boss, Diesel Brothers, and Extreme Couponing; NASA’s Above and Beyond; inspirational speaker Josh Shipp; graffiti artist/inspiration speaker Erik Walh; skin care expert and co-founder of SoKo Glam, Charlotte Cho; Hello Fears internet sensation Michelle Poler; Forever Twenty Something founder Sam Matt; humorist and NY Times bestseller Jen Lancaster; humorist and NY Times bestselling author Jen Mann; activist Tyler Merritt; humorist Anna Lind Thomas, The Smithsonian Institute; mystery writer Leslie Karst, confidence expert Juan Bendaña, lecturer and TEDx producer Shermin Kruse, bestselling author and motivational speaker Selena Rezvani, Women’s Fiction authors Lex Erath and Julie Anne Lindsey; and many more. Erin has a Master Degree in Creative Writing and is completing her doctorate with a focus on the publishing industry. She also guest lectures on creative writing and the publishing industry both in the UK and USA.