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Morton Lloyd Janklow (May 30, 1930 – May 25, 2022) was an American literary agent, the primary partner in Janklow & Nesbit Associates, a New York–based literary agency. His clients included Barbara Taylor Bradford , Thomas Harris , Judith Krantz , Pope John Paul II , Nancy Reagan , Anne Rice , Sidney Sheldon , Danielle Steel , Barbara ...
Morton Janklow, one of the nation’s most powerful literary agents who elevated the power of the profession in advocating for authors, died Wednesday morning of heart failure at his home in Water ...
Eric Simonoff was born to a Jewish family [1] in Philadelphia on July 21, 1967. He graduated from Princeton University in 1989, with a degree in Classics.Simonoff began his publishing career at W.W. Norton as an editorial assistant, then joined Janklow & Nesbit in 1991 and rose to the position of co-director.
Janklow & Nesbit (UK) Will Francis (Managing Director, London office) [14] Alan Rusbridger, Rebecca Stott: www.janklowandnesbit.co.uk: London office opened in 2000. [13] 1974 [15] Independent Talent Duncan Heath (chairman), Paul Lyon-Maris (deputy chairman and managing director), Lyndsey Posner (managing director – corporate affairs) [16]
She also did her master's degree and PhD in English and American literature at Yale. Gilman was an assistant professor of English at Yale for two years and an assistant professor of English at Vassar College for four years before leaving academia in 2006. From 2006 to 2011, she worked as a literary agent at Janklow & Nesbit Associates.
In 1949, Gilman married painter Esther Morgenstern. [2] In 1966, Gilman married Lynn Nesbit, a literary agent, [2] (who would go on to co-found the literary agency Janklow & Nesbit Associates with Morton L. Janklow), In 1992, Gilman married Japanese scholar, Yasuko Shiojiri, who would translate his books into Japanese. [2]
The professor teaching the workshop, Tom De Haven, introduced Beanland to an agent with Janklow & Nesbit Associates. After several drafts were completed, the agent shopped the final draft to several publishing houses. They eventually chose to sell the book to Simon & Schuster in January 2019. [2]
Eric Simonoff, then at Janklow & Nesbit, agented the book. In early 2009, seven different publishing houses vied for the manuscript. It eventually went to Viking Press for an undisclosed amount. According to Publishers Weekly, a reputable industry publication, the final offer was "well into six figures".