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Morton Janklow was one of the country’s most powerful literary agents, representing bestselling authors, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize…

Lynn Nesbit grew up in Dundee, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Speech. She attended the Sorbonne and the…

Luke Janklow represents an eclectic and broad list of authors with multiple talents ranging from imaginative storytelling to broadcast and print…

A native of Brooklyn, Bennett Ashley received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from the…

Anne Sibbald found her professional home as an agent. Anne’s interests are broad, but quintessentially encompass the classic “good read” and…

Dmitri Chitov joined Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2007 after working at several law firms and in the Office of the Brooklyn Borough…

PJ Mark moved to NYC in 1990 and used his student loans to start a literary journal to publish writers and friends. He began his publishing…

A native of Los Angeles, California, Kirby attended Harvard-Westlake high school then went to Pomona College where he was a PPE (Philosophy,…

From his first days with books, Paul has loved the feeling of getting lost between the covers. He remembers reading in his closet with a…

I’m looking for strong stories and exhilarating ideas - whether in reportage, memoir, narrative non fiction, science, religion, nature writing or…

Raised in California’s Bay Area, Marya earned her B.A. at Harvard, where she majored in English and was Fiction Editor for the Advocate, and her…

A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Melissa Flashman majored in English at Wesleyan University. After stints in the English Ph.D. program at Johns…

Chris Clemans received his BA in English from Duke University, with a minor in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. After internships at The New…

Richard Morris has been with Janklow & Nesbit Associates since 1998 representing narrative nonfiction and literary fiction. He is…

Born and raised in Virginia, Chad received a BA in English at Lynchburg University before moving to Eastern Europe to teach English for several…

An agent, an expert editor, and a fierce advocate, Hafizah Geter got her first job in literature over a decade ago with the literary nonprofit…

Stefanie joined JNA as Senior Counsel after practicing law at New York’s Guggenheim Museum and boutique entertainment firm Frankfurt Kurnit. She…

Ian Bonaparte is actively acquiring in the areas of popular history, science, outward-looking memoir, and narrative-driven nonfiction. He is…

Mina Hamedi grew up in Istanbul, Turkey before moving to New York in 2010. She received her BA in Nonfiction and Global Identity from NYU’s…

Jessica represents fiction across the literary and commercial spectrum, journalistic nonfiction, and select pop culture and criticism. On the…

Stefanie Lieberman joined the agency after practicing intellectual property law at The Guggenheim Museum; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &…

Michael Steger joined Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2000. He became Contracts Director in 2004 and is proud to continue the agency's…

Molly joined Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2014 after studying literature at Macaulay Honors College at Hunter. She has always had a love of…

Judythe Cohen served as the right hand of literary agent legend Mort Janklow for 23 years, working closely with many of his clients, including…

Claire Dippel graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Occidental College with a double major in Theater and English. She worked for a…

Adam joined Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2018. In addition to the review and negotiation of contracts for the legal department, Adam also…

Roma Panganiban graduated from Allegheny College with a degree in English and Psychology before taking on graduate studies in Modern and…

Madeline Ticknor began her agenting career in 2018 as an intern at Curtis Brown, and soon after began working as an assistant at the Jean V.…

Mackenzie Williams has assisted Marya Spence since October 2021. She is interested in building her own list of literary fiction, short story…

Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Jessica Gitre majored in Mathematics and Linguistics at the University of Chicago. A lifelong reader, when…