Robert (Bob) G. Diforio An agent with D4EO Literary Agency (see other agents at this agency). About Bob spent 17 years at New American Library [now an imprint of Penguin Random House] in positions ranging from VP Sales to President and Publisher, Chairman and CEO. There he helped launch the paperback careers of Erica Jong, Robin Cook, Stephen King, Ken Follett, and Robert K. Tanenbaum.With Odyssey Partners, he led the management team of NAL in a leveraged buy out of the company from Times Mirror in 1982, purchased E. P. Dutton a year later, and sold the combined company to Pearson PLC in 1986, which merged the company with Viking Penguin to create Penguin USA.Leaving NAL three years later, he opened D4EO Literary Agency in late 1989. This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting 14 days, assume your submission will not be accepted. Country United States AI Policy Unknown AI policy Statistics Synopsis FasterRobert (Bob) G. Diforio's overall average response time is faster than most agents. Collapse section Fiction Open Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Genres: General Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres Romance Open to all/most Subgenres Science Fiction Open to all/most SubgenresLengths: NovelStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Submissions:Method: Email. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Collapse section Nonfiction Open Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Lengths: BookStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.Topics: Business/Finance: General, See guidelines. History: General, Biographies. Other: See guidelines.Submissions:Method: Email. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary. 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Learn more about the statistics. This agent ranks among the 25 Fastest Fiction Agents in our database. Filter: Category: All Categories Fiction Nonfiction Group by submission Include outliers Include other agents at the same agency Accuracy We have received 8 reports from 7 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information. Days Reported 0 min | 11.7 mean avg | 0.5 median | 87 max days (35.8 std dev) Other Information The agent will try to make a decision within 14 days. (25.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 14 days.) This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted. Most recent response reported was received on 04 Aug 2026. Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 04 Aug 2026. Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:45 UTC (less than a minute ago). 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