: a person who helps writers get their works published
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Looking equally chic, Blunt, a literary agent and former barrister, donned a white collared dress with a colorful floral print along the neckline and sleeves.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
18 June 2026 When a bidding war for her second book, The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, hit $800,000 in the late 1990s, Orman told her literary agent to stop it there—even as offers climbed toward a million and a half.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 June 2026 But then a literary agent changed her mind.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026 Tucci, 65, has been married to Blunt's sister, literary agent Felicity Blunt, since 2012.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for literary agent