Agency Staff
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Kristin Nelson
Literary Agent
Kristin has her B.A. from the University of Missouri at Columbia and is a graduate of the nationally respected University of Denver Publishing Institute. In the early nineties, she studied creative writing with National Book Award Nominee Patricia Henley at Purdue University where she earned her M.A. This makes her particularly interested in representing fiction.
Before opening her own agency, she learned the ropes working for another literary agent. As for her previous work history, Kristin has been a college English teacher, a freelance writer, and a corporate trainer for business communication topics before embracing her true passion of agenting. |
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Sara Megibow
Literary Assistant
On a rainy day in 1985, a young Sara picked up The Hobbit and was hooked. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has a B.A. in Women's Studies and a B.A. in American History. Sara has worked as a corporate trainer for GE and most recently has spent two years working for the Boulder Weekly newspaper. After a fun year as a full-time mom, she's ready to get back in to the world of words, large mugs of coffee, and a new passion with the Nelson Literary Agency. |
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Chutney
Office Wonder Dog
Chutney is a 14 pound rat terrier who doesn't care much for books but loves coming to the office each day, basking in the sun, and joyously greeting the FedEx and UPS person when they come. |
Paula Breen
Contracts Manager
Paula Breen has been negotiating publishing contracts for over twenty years. Her last position, before launching her own company, was as Vice President and Director of Contracts for Random House. Before that, she worked in the contracts department of both Crown Publishers and Simon & Schuster. Now, as an independent contracts manager, Paula partners with Kristin Nelson, aggressively utilizing her years of experience and savvy to help negotiate NLA contracts. She lives in Long Island.
Whitney Lee (Fielding Agency)
Foreign Rights Manager
Whitney Lee partners with NLA to aggressively pursue UK and translation rights on behalf of our clients. Prior to starting The Fielding Agency in March 2003, Whitney worked at Carlisle & Company, where she created a foreign rights department for the agency and worked closely with prominent authors such as Dava Sobel, David Kennedy, James Gleick, and Daniel Mason.
Whitney began her publishing career at Nicholas Ellison, Inc./Sanford J. Greenburger Associates where she worked with bestselling authors such as Nelson DeMille, Carol Higgins Clark, Christopher Moore and Olivia Goldsmith.
She graduated from Northwestern University with a double major in English and Women Studies. After earning her B.A., she attended the Radcliffe Publishing Course.
Our Hollywood Partners
NLA has also teamed up with many agencies in the entertainment industry (such as the Gersh Agency, Creative Artists Agency, United Talent Agency, and Irene Webb Literary Agency) to sell or license film, television, stage, and merchandising rights for our clients. See Agency Sales for recent film/TV deals.
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