How to Use literary agent in a Sentence

literary agent

noun
  • But then a literary agent changed her mind.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • Parry is a literary agent in New York.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • My father was a movie-business literary agent and a huge collector of books.
    — WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Instead, his dad went on to become a literary agent while his mom worked as a casting director.
    — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The death, at a hospital, was confirmed by her literary agent Meg Davis.
    — Anita Gates, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Rushdie agreed to her private request for a divorce via a public statement issued by his literary agent.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
  • And what is to become of the literary agent who brought so many of these academics into Epstein’s orbit?
    — Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Hollywood studios are talking to Lloyd's literary agent about movie deals.
    — Teny Sahakian, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Her death, at a care facility, was caused by cancer, said James Wills, her literary agent.
    — Rebecca Chace, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • His death was confirmed to Deadline by his literary agent Ron Gwiazda.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
  • His ability to illuminate flawed men on the page caught the eye of literary agent Jane von Mehren.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Now get to the nearest coffee shop and pound out eighty thousand words so that a friend-of-a-friend literary agent can tell you to rewrite the whole thing with more gay hockey.
    — Emily Winter, New Yorker, 23 June 2026
  • Tripp later shared these recordings with a literary agent and a reporter from Newsweek — although the outlet did not move forward with the story at that time.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
  • Isabel Kaufman, a literary agent and a friend of McQuiston’s, agrees.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 29 July 2024
  • As with Bateman, Pham’s talent manager acted as her literary agent.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Her book of memoirs Two Tickets to Calamity will be going to publishers via her literary agent next month.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
  • But for years, Nelson herself wasn’t an author, instead working as an adult fiction and nonfiction literary agent.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
  • His long-time literary agent is Writers House’s Merrilee Heifetz, who has been approached for comment.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Paterno has been promoted to motion picture literary agent.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Richards is now in negotiations over his second book, and Hollywood studios are talking to his literary agent about movie deals.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Pedicin began his Hollywood career as a floater at Gersh before becoming a literary agent.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Brzezinski has been promoted to motion picture literary agent.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
  • The 2022 novel follows Nora Stephens, a career-first literary agent who lives and breathes books.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Looking equally chic, Blunt, a literary agent and former barrister, donned a white collared dress with a colorful floral print along the neckline and sleeves.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 18 June 2026
  • Marietta native Marc Provissiero spent a decade as a literary agent before shifting to producing movies a few years ago.
    — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Henderson worked as a literary agent for William Morris Agency and UTA.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Bond based Gruber on Harvey Unna, his first literary agent, someone who had left Hamburg to escape the grip of the Nazis.
    — Daniel Horowitz august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Martin is a scene-stealer as Stephie, McNeal’s literary agent who runs a tight ship but is always trying to look out for her unapologetic client.
    — EW.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Barnes was formerly married to literary agent Pat Kavanagh, who died of an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2008.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Mathes spent three weeks in what became overnight the WME mailroom before being promoted to the desk of literary agent Julie Weitz.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025

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