literary agent

noun

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

Derived Forms

• literary agency, noun

Example Sentences

“A number of high school kids devised this elaborate plan,” according to literary agent Catherine Crawford.

From The Daily Beast

Pippa Middleton has parted company with her literary agent following the lacklustre reception to her first book.

From The Daily Beast

Nicole, my literary agent, seemed to have trouble accepting my liberation.

From The Daily Beast

But first, Broadwell found a literary agent and a willing publisher at Penguin Press.

From The Daily Beast

“I loathe everything that man stands for,” she exclaimed to literary agent and editor Steve Wasserman.

From The Daily Beast

I am going to pose as your businessmanyour literary agent who pockets ten per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

McWhing will never take you for an acting manager or literary agent,I saidYou dont look it.

From Project Gutenberg

The literary agent reads it and decides what house is most likely to publish such a book.

From Project Gutenberg

I think the literary agent can be, and as time goes on, will be, of increasing use to the publisher.

From Project Gutenberg

If you are temperamentally unfit to sell your own writings, get a competent literary agent to do the job for you.

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