Robert Lescher, Literary Agent For Damn Near Everyone, 83
"Mr. Lescher epitomized a kind of Old World ideal of author's agent -- courtly, literary and invisible -- reflecting both his nature and his wealth of contacts in the book world, where he began his career as an editor and something of a wunderkind. He was named editor in chief at Henry Holt & Company before he was 25." The New York Times 12/09/12

Posted December 9, 2012 08:01 PM