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 letters also contain a group of housekeeper's notes from Greenway cottage, including various contact details for her literary agent, doctor, builder, solicitor and others.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
The real Julian Barnes does have blood cancer, and in 2008 his first wife, the literary agent Pat Kavanagh, died of a brain tumour just 37 days after being diagnosed.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Hogan was at a cocktail party before the 2023 Edgar Awards, where he was nominated for his last novel, “Gangland,” when his literary agent told him about the project and stipulations associated with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
We got home from California to learn that the publisher had canceled his contract, sending word through his literary agent that Barack was now on the hook to pay back his $40,000 advance.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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