literary agent
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The Justice Department escalated the fight months later, launching a criminal probe into Bolton’s handling of the information and issuing grand jury subpoenas to him and his literary agent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
I am working with a literary agent now and hope to make significant progress this year.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 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
They include DJ Phil89 - a Hamlet-loving literary agent borrowing her nephew’s account to audition, strutting around as his shirtless male avatar in a top hat and aviators.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024
H. G. Wells’s literary agent told the press that he never authorized changes to the original story that could cause such alarm.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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