literary agent
a person who manages the business affairs of an author
Derived forms of literary agent
- literary agency, noun
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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 | THE DAILY BEASTPippa Middleton has parted company with her literary agent following the lacklustre reception to her first book.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTBut 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 | THE DAILY BEAST“I loathe everything that man stands for,” she exclaimed to literary agent and editor Steve Wasserman.
I am going to pose as your businessmanyour literary agent who pockets ten per cent.
The Sorrows of Satan | Marie CorelliMcWhing will never take you for an acting manager or literary agent,I saidYou dont look it.
The Sorrows of Satan | Marie CorelliThe literary agent reads it and decides what house is most likely to publish such a book.
The Building of a Book | VariousI think the literary agent can be, and as time goes on, will be, of increasing use to the publisher.
The Building of a Book | VariousIf 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
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