literary agent

noun

: a person who helps writers get their works published

Examples of literary agent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Deadline has approached Walliams’ literary agent for comment. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Your character, Alex, is a literary agent, working in a demanding artistic field. — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

The movie, directed by Anton Corbijn, follows famed crime novelist Patricia Highsmith (Mirren) as a young literary agent (Ehrenreich) is sent to convince her to pick up her famed Tom Ripley series. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026

Horrigan plays Alex, a divorced 50-year-old literary agent with a son, Ruari (Aran Murphy), who has failed to launch. — David Faris, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for literary agent

• newsagent
• reagent
• subagent