literary agent
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He introduced Margareta and Jane Magnusson to a literary agent, Susanna Lea, who sold the idea to Simon & Schuster’s Scribner imprint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
The guests had been hand-picked by prominent New York literary agent John Brockman, who frequently hosted similar salons for luminaries in science, technology and media.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026
Then last year, Caroline picked up Emily Henry's bestseller Book Lovers - an "enemies to lovers" story about a literary agent and a book editor, set in a picturesque small town.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
A year later, while attending the wedding of his “The Devil Wears Prada” co-star Emily Blunt, he met her sister, Felicity, a literary agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
The only people allowed inside his hotel room were his lawyers, who needed wills created, and his literary agent, who needed his next contract signed before Howie could kick it.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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