A lively discussion with agents Ryan Fischer-Harbage, Joy Harris, and Eric Simonoff. Moderated by Helen Schulman.
Ryan Fischer-Harbage represents bestselling and award-winning authors such as Ethan Brown, Courtney Eldridge,
Bill Eppridge, and Aliya King. Previously he edited books for Little, Brown and Company; the Penguin Group; and
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, which he helped create and launch.
Joy Harris began working in publishing in 1981
and founded the Joy Harris Agency in 1990. Her clients include Whitney Otto, Jane Mendelsohn, Elissa Schappell,
and Academy of Arts and Letters Award recipient Luc Sante.
Eric Simonoff joined the William Morris Agency in
2009, assuming the role of senior vice president and bringing an impressive list of writers that includes Jhumpa
Lahiri, Edward P. Jones, and ZZ Packer. Before that, Simonoff worked as an agent and co-director at Janklow &
Nesbit Associates, building a client list that included three Pulitzer Prize winners.
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