Laura Gross

I read mysteries, historical fiction, and World War One literature while growing up in London. Before attending Brown University, where I graduated with a degree in Comparative Literature, I interned at a London literary agency and worked for three Members of Parliament, which allowed me amazing access to the government’s innards because security was not a big deal in those days, and I didn’t appear threatening. I read and researched for each Member, one of whom was the Shadow Minister of Defense. Post graduation, I worked as an assistant at two New York literary agencies: Elaine Markson and Curtis Brown. Then, I moved on to become the youngest editor at one of New York’s oldest publishing houses, Scribner’s. With chutzpah and intense passion, I began my eponymous literary agency in 1988. I do realize what good fortune I have had to work with fantastic writers, whose work educates, clarifies, stimulates, and entertains. I’ve worked on a fantastic range of literature from literary to general fiction, children’s fiction, translated fiction, biography, narrative non-fiction about climate, politics, international affairs, history, art history, sociology, biography, baseball, and bread. I want to read excellent prose by writers whose work feeds my curiosity whether it’s focused on geopolitics, climate activism, or current affairs, and I love stories set in places foreign to me.

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United States

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Member of AALA

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