Everything Food Conference

This round table presentation and discussion will delve into the nitty-gritty of getting your cookbook published – from developing a concept, figuring out proposal needs, to discussing agents and social media. We will also talk about what happens after a publisher picks up the project in terms of a time schedule, steps to the publishing process, and marketing.

Michelle Branson is the Contract Administrator and an acquiring editor at Gibbs Smith, Publisher in Layton, Utah. She heads the cookbook acquisitions team, and has been at her job, wearing dual hats, since 2006. Prior to then, she had various and sundry jobs such as working for the Associated Press, teaching world civilizations to college freshman, and being a mom and wife to a military family.

She has a BA in history with minors in English and dance from Southern Methodist University and a MA in Russian History from the University of Hawaii. She is also the author of Texas Doodles.