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Literary Agents – Browse Literary Agent Listings
Literary Agent Amanda Panitch – Lippincott Massie McQuilkin
Amanda Panitch Literary Agent was a book agent at Lippincott Massie McQuilkin. She is no longer an agent. She is now an author. Literary Agent Amanda Panitch was an intern with Writers House and attended The George Washington University and New York University’s...
Literary Agent Chris Parris-Lamb – The Gernert Company
Chris Parris-Lamb Literary Agent - This article about Literary Agent Chris Parris-Lamb and The Gernert Company is part of a series about literary agents and Finding a Book Agent. Publishing Agent Chris Parris-Lamb is a book agent with The Gernert Company. He’s also...
Literary Agent Olga Wieser – Wieser & Elwell
Olga Wieser Literary Agent was an agent with Wieser & Elwell in New York City. She sold the agency to Jake Elwell in 2003 and continued as chairman for a time. She is no longer an agent. Literary Agent Olga Wieser was on our list of Book Agents New York...
Literary Agent Nicole Steen – The Bent Agency
Nicole Steen Literary Agent was an agent with The Bent Agency in New York. She is no longer an agent. Before joining the Bent Agency, Literary Agent Nicole Steen worked at Trident Media Group and Elyse Cheney Literary Associates as a Literary Agent and Foreign Rights...
Literary Agent Kimberly Shumate – Living Word Literary Agency
Kimberly Shumate Literary Agent was an agent with the Living Word Literary Agency. She is no longer an agent. She is now an editor. Literary Agent Kimberly Shumate was a member of the ECPA (Evangelical Christian Publishers Association), the CMA (Christian Media...
Literary Agent Lois Winston – Ashley Grayson Literary Agency
Lois Winston Literary Agent was a book agent at the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency. She is no longer taking submissions.Publishing Agent Lois Winston was an agent with the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency, as well as an award-winning author of novel length fiction and...
Literary Agent Matt Wise – Foundry Literary + Media
Matt Wise Literary Agent was an agent at Foundry Literary + Media in New York City. He is now the director of publishing at Blumhouse Books. Literary Agent Matt Wise started his publishing career as the prose editor of the Bombay Gin literary magazine before joining...
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