literary agent

noun

1. a person who manages the business affairs of an author

Other Word Forms

• literary agency noun

Example Sentences

Henry writes about novelists, literary agents and librarians.

From Los Angeles Times

Her clandestine involvement with her father’s close friend and literary agent, whose wife is dying of cancer, implodes, leaving her a bitter “other woman” living her own soap opera.

From Los Angeles Times

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

The BBC has also contacted Penguin, who published the book, for comment, as well as literary agents Graham Maw Christie.

From BBC

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