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July 21, 2009

A Sunday in the life of a successful literary agent

Where’s the part in which she sits down at a table on which a midlist author’s hopes and dreams are filleted, sauted, and servered with a thick cream sauce to hide the stench of mediocrity?

Esther Newberg, 68, is an executive vice president at International Creative Management, now celebrating – or, as she prefers to describe her longevity and clout, now soldiering through – her 32nd year as a New York literary agent. Her clients include Patricia Cornwell, Carl Hiaasen, Caroline Kennedy and Thomas L. Friedman. She and Tate George, her 17-year-old Scottish fold cat, juggle households on the Upper East Side and in Sag Harbor.

Sounds tough. You read about these things and you wonder how some people “soldier” through.

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1 comment on “A Sunday in the life of a successful literary agent”

  1. Furious D says:

    I think she’s referring to the other senior partners plotting to dump her and figure out how to get her clients to stay with someone younger and cheaper, which I’m pretty sure is an everyday occurrence in the snake-pit of the big name agencies.

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