Jim Levine An agent with Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency (see other agents at this agency). About Jim is a former academic who specializes in helping leaders in business, academia, government, and the non-profit sector to translate their expertise into bestsellers for maximum impact. He does the same for journalists and writers of memoir and narrative non-fiction.Since founding the agency 37 years ago he has been privileged to earn the trust of and represent extremely talented people in many fields. His clients include football great Tom Brady, legendary investor Ray Dalio, Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, former American Express CEO Ken Chenault, cognitive scientist Annie Duke, social psychologist Robert Cialdini, former Stanford University President and current Alphabet Chairman John Hennessy, former Yale President Peter Salovey, Finland’s current President Alexander Stubb, Silicon Valley’s Democratic Congressional Representative Ro Khanna, former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D., Nobel Laureate in Economics Al Roth, negotiation expert William Ury, former monk Jay Shetty, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, and world-renowned mentalist Oz Pearlman.Beyond selling projects for top dollar, Jim serves as a “book sherpa,” guiding his clients through the entire publishing process. As the author of seven books, he knows firsthand how hard it is to come up with the right idea, even harder to write it. Having appeared on most of the major television and radio shows – including Oprah, Today, GMA, and NPR – and written over 100 magazine articles, he knows what it takes to promote a creative work. And having mentored many first-time authors, he knows what it takes to help them build an entire career. As his client Scott Galloway says, “I never would have written a single book, let alone five, if not for Jim Levine.”Jim acquires and develops projects in a broad range of areas, including business, science, narrative non-fiction, memoir, social and political issues, psychology, health, spirituality, parenting, and more. He loves his work and is especially proud of the culture of growth at LGR, where most people have been on the team for 20+ and 30+ years. This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting a reasonable amount of time, assume your submission will not be accepted. Country & Year Established United States Agent since 1989 Professional Associations Member of AALA AI Policy Unknown AI policy Collapse section Fiction Open Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Genres: GeneralLengths: NovelStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Submissions:Methods: Email. Online form. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Collapse section Nonfiction Open Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Lengths: BookStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.Topics: Open to all/most Topics including... Business/Finance. Children/Family: Parenting/Child care. Health/Medicine. Lifestyle: Mind-body-spirit, See guidelines. Politics/Political Science. Psychology. Science. Society/Culture: General, Social issues.Submissions:Methods: Email. Online form. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. 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