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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Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.
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From this attitude he draws a singular comic and literary power.
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Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.
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My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.
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I could complain about how, two out of eight episodes in, Agent Carter is in no hurry to introduce its real villain.
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That the inconstancy of such notices, in cases equally important, proves they did not proceed from any such agent.
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Louis Petit de Bachaumon died; a native of Paris, known as the author of several literary works.
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It was strenuously opposed by all possible means, governmental, legislative, and literary.
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The board will appoint a settling agent who shall keep the necessary records and accounts.
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It is probable he wished to provide written proof of a plea that he was an unwilling agent in the clutch of a mutinous army.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

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