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Good News for Older Women Writers: Your Age Is a Bonus!

Good News for Older Women Writers: Your Age Is a Bonus!

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Mary Carroll Moore
May 19, 2023
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Imagine my surprise when I came across this article in The Guardian: older women writers (in their fifties, sixties, even seventies) are now a hot item with publishers.

The trend is slow but steady, according to the editors and agents interviewed. My surprise came because of decades of reading the "30 Under 30" lists and being dismayed at the publishing …

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