Biographies of Literary Agents

Stanley Unwin was the literary agent who represented J.R.R. Tolkien and helped him publish his famous works, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

John Forster was the literary agent and friend of Charles Dickens who helped him negotiate contracts and manage his literary career.

Maxwell Perkins was the literary agent who discovered and edited Ernest Hemingway's early works, including The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms.

Leonard Woolf was the literary agent and husband of Virginia Woolf who helped her publish her works and manage her literary career.

Sylvia Beach was the literary agent and owner of the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris who helped James Joyce publish his controversial novel Ulysses.

Maxwell Perkins was the literary agent who discovered and edited F. Scott Fitzgerald's early works, including This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby.

Jessie Chambers was the literary agent and friend of D.H. Lawrence who helped him publish his early works, including Sons and Lovers and The Rainbow.

T.S. Eliot was the literary agent and friend of Ezra Pound who helped him publish his early works, including The Waste Land and Hugh Selwyn Mauberley.

Carl Van Vechten was the literary agent and friend of Gertrude Stein who helped her publish her early works, including Three Lives and The Making of Americans.

Malcolm Cowley was the literary agent and friend of William Faulkner who helped him publish his early works, including The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying.

Elizabeth Otis was the literary agent and wife of John Steinbeck who helped him publish his early works, including Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath.

Maxwell Perkins was the literary agent who discovered and edited Ernest Hemingway's early works, including The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms.

Sylvia Beach was the literary agent and owner of the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris who helped James Joyce publish his controversial novel Ulysses.

Maxwell Perkins was the literary agent who discovered and edited F. Scott Fitzgerald's early works, including This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby.

Jessie Chambers was the literary agent and friend of D.H. Lawrence who helped him publish his early works, including Sons and Lovers and The Rainbow.