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What Susan is looking for
Susan Golomb has been an agent of literary fiction and non-fiction for over 30 years. She founded the Susan Golomb Literary Agency in 1988 with Jonathan Franzen as her first client and joined Writers House in 2015. Her other authors include award winners and bestsellers such as William T. Vollmann, Rachel Kushner, Imbolo Mbue, Noah Hawley, Vauhini Vara, Nell Zink, Glen David Gold, Danielle Trussoni, Janelle Brown, Thomas Mullen, Charles Graeber, Harry Dent, Yvon Chouinard, Angie Kim, as well as Stephen Markley, Wayetu Moore, Lexi Freiman, Mira T. Lee, and more.
Notable sales & clients
- Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
- The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
- Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
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What genres does Susan Golomb represent?
Susan Golomb represents Literary Fiction, Nonfiction.
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