Literary Agents: A Writer's Introduction

by Janice Albert IF GOOD LITERARY agents are hard to find, a good guide to agents is just as elusive. Fledgling writers have had little choice but to consult R.R. Bowker’s Literary Market Place, or an assortment of industry magazines. But John F. Baker, the vice-president and editorial director of Publisher’s Weekly, came out with a book to fill the vacuum. Published by Macmillan, “Literary Agents: A Writer’s Introduction” seemed to provide a unique product: an insider’s guide to the wily inhabitants of the agenting world. But according to some of the agents profiled in the guide, the book is […]