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"My experience working with Ami on Miracle at the Higher Grounds Café and The Christmas Candle has been nothing short of wonderful. She is skillful, encouraging and creative. I have nothing but a positive endorsement for her work."
Max Lucado, New York Times bestselling author of Traveling Light
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“Ami McConnell taught me more than I can ever express. She encouraged me and shared brilliance that lives on the pages of my book— and became my friend in the process. I will never forgot when she asked, ‘What gift are you offering?’ That changed everything. So grateful God blessed my life with her!”
Caroline C. Barney, author of Pull Yourself Together: How to Connect to a Life You Love
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“Ami McConnell is a magician. She took my content and “Charlie Brown Christmas Tree-ed” it so it was still in my voice but so much easier to read. I highly recommend working with Ami!”
Elizabeth Lombardo, Ph.D., bestselling author of Get Out of the Red Zone: Transform Your Stress and Optimize True Success
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“In our literary agency work at Yates & Yates we care about helping our clients develop and write excellent manuscripts for their works. When we have an author who requires the professional assistance of a collaborator, it is important for us to help our clients work with the best. Ami McConnell is a collaborative writer extraordinaire. She not only has the skills and experience to deliver the highest quality work, but she has a heart for her clients and her work product. We are grateful when we can pair Ami up with one of our clients. When we do that, we know that we can depend on Ami to deliver the highest quality work and in a very timely manner.”
Sealy Yates, Senior Partner, Yates & Yates
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“I never imagined that I would gain a new friend while working with Ami on my book. Her gift of writing and story telling is a direct result of her incredible ability to listen and ask the right questions. I’m so grateful for our new friendship and couldn’t imagine doing my project without her.”
Kirsten Watson, author of Sis, Take a Breath and podcast host of Why or Why Not with the Watsons
Meet Ami McConnell,
Founder, collaborative writer, consultant and literary agent
Ami is President of Ami McConnell Literary Consultants. She is an author, writer, and editor with 20+ years of experience in-house at major trade book publishers. Having edited numerous New York Times bestsellers and award winners, she now works with authors of all stripes to create bestselling books. She’s a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller having collaborated with singers, songwriters, psychologists, doctors, therapists, film/tv actors, and artists. She founded and serves as president of WriterFest Nashville and serves on the board of Women’s National Book Association/Nashville Chapter. She lives in the Nashville area with her family.
Ami seldomly uses social media, though she can be found on Facebook and LinkedIn. The best way to get glimpses of her world is through our agency social media accounts, such as Instagram or by inquiring to her directly about your consulting project.
Ami is not currently accepting queries. She serves as a traditional literary agent, publishing project consultant, collaborative writer, and publisher.
She is most interested currently in representing projects in these categories:
Southern, Nashville Music (Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Caroline Randall Williams, Potlikker Papers)
Faith especially woo woo (Anne Lamott, Glennon Doyle Melton, Rachel Held Evans, Fredrick Buechner)
Therapy/Psychology (Mother Hunger by Dr. Kelly McDaniel)
Book Lovers, books about books (Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread by Michiko Kakutani, The Bookshop at Water’s End by Patti Callahan Henry)
Nature (World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee, Margaret Renkle, Mary Oliver)
Illustrated or art books (spirits, creativity, and art)
Narrative nonfiction (The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee)
Self Help, especially those where women are the target market (The Road to You by Ian Morgan Cron)