Joshua Bilmes

Joshua is the President and founder of JABberwocky Literary Agency, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024.

His path to owning his own literary agency started in high school, when he sent monthly letters to the editor of Analog, the leading science fiction magazine, critiquing each issue.

These letters led Betsy Mitchell, the magazine’s associate editor, to offer Bilmes the chance to do freelance readers reports and other work for her when she joined Baen Books shortly after its inception.

Joshua Bilmes and the publishing industry took an immediate liking to one another, and he started at Scott Meredith soon after graduating from college.

In 1994, Bilmes struck out on his own to establish JABberwocky Literary Agency.