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Literary Agents – Browse Literary Agent Listings
Literary Agent Lexi Wangler – Massie & McQuilkin
Lexi Wangler Literary Agent was a literary agent with Massie & McQuilkin. She is no longer taking submissions. Book Agent Lexi Wangler earned a dual MFA in Fiction and Writing for Children from The New School. Coming to MMQ from PEN American Center and the Irene...
Literary Agent Sameul Pinkus – Veritas Media
Sameul Pinkus Literary Agent was a literary agent with Veritas Media. He is no longer taking submissions. Book Agent Sameul Pinkus represented many famous authors including Fred Dannen ("The Hit Men"), Mary Higgins Clark, Gerald Posner ("Case Closed"), Harper Lee ("To...
Literary Agent Rachel Horowitz – The Bent Agency
Rachel Horowitz Literary Agent was a literary agent with The Bent Agency. She is no longer taking submissions. Book Agent Rachel Horowitz graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and was a two-time writing fellow at the Breadloaf Writing Conference at...
Literary Agent Nicole Damaris Rowland – The Damaris Rowland Agency
Nicole Damaris Rowland Literary Agent was a literary agent with The Damaris Rowland Agency. She is no longer taking submissions. Book Agent Nicole Damaris Rowland was in publishing for her entire adult life. She was everything from an assistant editor, publishing...
Literary Agent Scott Gould – RLR Associates
Scott Gould Literary Agent was a literary agent with RLR Associates. He is no longer taking submissions. Book Agent Scott Gould is a graduate of New York University, where he received a BA in English and American Literature. As Vice President of Literary for RLR, he...
Literary Agent Larry Kirshbaum – Waxman Literary Agency
Larry Kirshbaum Literary Agent was a literary agent with the Waxman Literary Agency. He is no longer taking submissions. Book Agent Larry Kirshbaum has been Vice-President and head of the NY Publishing Office of Amazon.com and has helped launch a list of adult...
Literary Agent Janell Walden Agyeman – Marie Brown Associates
Janell Walden Agyeman Literary Agent was a literary agent with Marie Brown Associates. She is no longer taking submissions. Book Agent Janell Walden Agyeman's publishing career began following graduation from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at...
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