Roger
Senior Executive Editor
#1 New York Times-bestselling editor and former Big-5 executive editor
Jessica Sindler
Managing Executive Editor, KAA
#1 New York Times-bestselling editor and former Senior Editor at Harper and PRH
Peter Steinberg
Literary Agent, UTA
Literary agent at UTA who has represented multiple #1 New York Times-bestselling authors
Retreat Workshops
Below are some of the topics and workshops covered during this retreat
Peter Steinberg
Literary Agent, UTA
Literary agent who has represented multiple #1 New York Times-bestselling authors
Peter Steinberg is a literary agent at United Talent Agency (UTA), where he represents a distinguished roster of bestselling and award-winning authors across fiction and nonfiction.
Throughout his career, Peter has represented numerous New York Times bestsellers, including multiple #1 bestsellers. His clients have received nominations and recognition for some of the literary world's most prestigious honours, including the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Edgar Award, and PEN/Faulkner Award.
His notable projects include:
Nina de Gramont — The Christie Affair, selected for Reese's Book Club
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio — The Undocumented Americans, a National Book Award finalist
Jen Sincero — You Are a Badass
Isabel Quintero — My Papi Has a Motorcycle
Peter's expertise spans narrative nonfiction, memoir, self-help, history, business, literary fiction, commercial fiction, and popular culture. Several books by authors he has represented have also been adapted into major motion pictures.
Before joining UTA, Peter worked at Fletcher & Company and Foundry Literary + Media. A graduate of New York University's film school, he began his professional career in film before transitioning into literary representation.
With his extensive knowledge of the publishing industry, Peter offers authors valuable insight into what literary agents look for in a manuscript, how to develop compelling stories, and how to position their work for publication.
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Roger Scholl
Senior Executive Editor
#1 New York Times-bestselling editor and former Big-5 executive editor with 55+ bestselling titles
Roger Scholl has spent nearly four decades as a senior editor, executive editor, and vice president at the Doubleday and Crown publishing divisions of Penguin Random House (PRH). He has acquired, edited and helped to orchestrate the publications of over 60 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers in the fields of business, leadership, self-improvement/self-help, behavioral psychology, history, science, politics, sports, biography, memoir, and current events. For ten years he served as the Editorial Director of the Doubleday Currency Business imprint, acquiring a select list of books by thought leaders, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and bestselling authors, including Arianna Huffington, Chip and Dan Health, Marshall Goldsmith, innovation guru Eric Ries, physicist Michio Kaku, and prize-winning historian H.W. Brands.
In addition to acquisitions, Roger has worked as a collaborator and ghostwriter with dozens of notable authors and titles, many of which sold to major publishers. Some highlights include:
Collaborating with motivational guru and bestselling author Grant Cardone on an original audio script called The 10X Mentor for Amazon’s Audible division.
Shaping and editing a Simon and Schuster nonfiction history entitled Spies: The One Hundred Year Intelligence War Between East and West, by Calder Walton, a historian at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Ghostwriting an expose by Joshua Powell, former chief of staff to the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, called Inside the NRA, for the Twelve Imprint at Hachette, a crash project produced for publication in advance of the 2020 presidential election.
Ghostwriting the proposal by serial entrepreneur Marc Lore, the founder of Jet.com and former CEO and President of Walmart’s Ecommerce business, which was bought as a lead title for the Crown division of Penguin Random House.
Collaborating on a proposal by Hal Hershfield, professor of psychology at the Marshall School of Business at UCLA, called Tomorrow, about research into our future selves and its impact on our behavior, which was acquired by Little Brown (Hachette)
Collaborating on a book proposal for a business book called Pause, by Shawn Vanderhoven, which was pre-empted for a major advance by the Atria imprint at Simon & Schuster.
Helping publish Daron Acemoglu and Jim Robinson, economists at MIT who, along with a third economist, won the Nobel Prize for their work on Why Nations Fail.
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Jessica Sindler
Managing Executive Editor, KAA
#1 New York Times-bestselling editor and former senior editor at HarperCollins and Penguin Random House
Jessica Sindler is a #1 New York Times-bestselling editor and Managing Executive Editor at Kevin Anderson & Associates, with more than two decades of experience in the publishing industry.
Before joining KAA, Jessica worked at imprints of Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, where she acquired, edited, and published numerous bestselling and critically acclaimed books spanning personal development, wellness, business, narrative nonfiction, and memoir.
Her notable editorial projects include:
Brené Brown — Daring Greatly and Rising Strong, both #1 New York Times bestsellers
Samantha Power — The Education of an Idealist, a New York Times bestseller
Carrie Underwood — Find Your Path, a New York Times bestseller
Sarah Wilson — First, We Make the Beast Beautiful
The Women's March Organizers — Together We Rise
Jessica specialises in helping experts, thought leaders, journalists, and academics transform complex ideas into compelling books for wider audiences. She is particularly passionate about nonfiction that contributes to important cultural conversations and inspires meaningful change.
Her extensive editorial experience gives authors valuable insight into developing strong nonfiction concepts, refining their manuscripts, and understanding what makes a book resonate with readers and publishers.
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Your Host on Site
Anna Burtt
Retreat Coordinator
Your on-site host throughout the retreat
Our Retreat Coordinator, Anna, will be in touch as soon as you’ve secured your place to answer any questions you have, assist with booking transport and to get to know you and your work to make sure that you get the most from your experience in Tuscany. She will make sure that mentors know about your projects and receive material ahead of the retreat in order to tailor their teaching accordingly.
Anna has a background in both publishing and hospitality and is always happy to share insight and ideas as well as make you your favourite coffee and cocktail. Anna will be on site during the retreat overseeing teaching, organising airport transfers, serving meals and excursions and making sure that you have everything you need during the week, so you can switch off from your responsibilities and lock in to your learning.
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