Gordon Wise has been a literary agent at Curtis BrownSee Curtis Brown listing for 10 years, and has a wide range of clients, from celebrities like Miranda Hart to novelists such as Armistead Maupin. He is also vice-president of the Association of Authors' AgentsThe association of UK agents. Their website (http://www.agentsassoc.co.uk/index.html) gives a Directory of Members and a code of practice, but no information about the agencies other than their names. The association refers visitors to the UK agent listings from The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook on the WritersServices site.. But becoming an agent wasn't part of his original career plan and he reached this point via a varied and winding path through the world of books.
How do I become ... a literary agent | Money | The Guardian
6 July 2015
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