James Fitzgerald has been a literary agent since 2000. He has run his own agency since 2003. His authors include Dennis Hopper, Sonny Barger of the "Hell’s Angels," Andy Greenwald, Ed Sanders, David Carradine, Blair Tindall, Dale Maharidge, Dane Huckelbridge, Christine Reilly, Lorea Canales, Danica Davidson, Legs McNeil, Marc Spitz, Sarah “Ultragrrrl” Lewitinn, The Village Voice, True West magazine, photographer Michael Williamson, Michael Wallis, and Jim Steinmeyer. Prior to being an agent, he was an editor at St. Martin’s Press where he published Generation X, John (Rotten) Lydon’s autobiography, four of Leni Riefenstahls’s books, Sarah Vowell, Ice-T, Lev Grossman, Pagan Kennedy, and Red Meat. He was also an editor at Doubleday where he worked with Papa John Phillips, David Bowie, Ruth Montgomery, Arnold Palmer, Nick Tosches, cartoonist Robert Crumb, photographer William Eggleston, Amy Arbus, and Neil Leifer. Fitzgerald is the author of six books including the infamous First Family Paper Doll and Cut-Out Book and A-Rod: Major League Hero. As an agent, he is interested in good stories, good writing, and good peppery soup.
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