literary agent

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noun

a person who manages the business affairs of an author

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Derived forms of literary agent

literary agency, noun

Words nearby literary agent

literality, literalize, literally, literal-minded, literary, literary agent, literary executor, literate, literati, literatim, literation

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How to use literary agent in a sentence

“A number of high school kids devised this elaborate plan,” according to literary agent Catherine Crawford.
15 Revelations from New J.D. Salinger Biography|Andrew Romano|September 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Pippa Middleton has parted company with her literary agent following the lacklustre reception to her first book.
Pippa And Literary Agent Part|Tom Sykes|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nicole, my literary agent, seemed to have trouble accepting my liberation.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But first, Broadwell found a literary agent and a willing publisher at Penguin Press.
Paula Broadwell: Is She Petraeus’s ‘Other Woman’?|Diane Dimond|November 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST

“I loathe everything that man stands for,” she exclaimed to literary agent and editor Steve Wasserman.
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger Still Lying?|A. L. Bardach|September 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I am going to pose as your businessmanyour literary agent who pockets ten per cent.
The Sorrows of Satan|Marie Corelli
McWhing will never take you for an acting manager or literary agent,I saidYou dont look it.
The Sorrows of Satan|Marie Corelli
The literary agent reads it and decides what house is most likely to publish such a book.
The Building of a Book|Various
I think the literary agent can be, and as time goes on, will be, of increasing use to the publisher.
The Building of a Book|Various
If you are temperamentally unfit to sell your own writings, get a competent literary agent to do the job for you.
If You Don't Write Fiction|Charles Phelps Cushing