I read mysteries, historical fiction, and World War One literature while growing up in London. Before attending Brown University, where I graduated with a degree in Comparative Literature, I interned at a London literary agency and worked for three Members of Parliament, which allowed me amazing access to the government’s innards because security was not a big deal in those days, and I didn’t appear threatening. I read and researched for each Member, one of whom was Shadow Minister of Defense. Post graduation, I worked as an assistant at two New York literary agencies (Elaine Markson and Curtis Brown), then moved on to become the youngest editor at one of New York’s oldest publishing houses, Scribner’s.

With chutzpah and intense passion, I began my eponymous literary agency in 1988. I do realize what good fortune I have had to work with fantastic writers, whose work educates, clarifies, stimulates, and entertains. I’ve worked on a fantastic range of literature from literary to general fiction, children’s fiction, translated fiction, biography, narrative non-fiction about climate, politics, international affairs, history, art history, sociology, biography, baseball, and bread. I want to read excellent prose by writers whose work feeds my curiosity whether it’s focused on geopolitics, climate activism, or current affairs, and I love stories set in places foreign to me.