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Lynn Johnston Literary is a New York City-based literary agency representing nonfiction and select fiction.
News Highlights
John Hechinger’s TRUE GENTLEMEN: The Broken Pledge of America’s Fraternities (Public Affairs) featured in Bloomberg, PBS News Hour & CNN .
Film rights for Annabelle Gurwitch’s THE END OF MY LIFE IS KILLING ME (Zibby Books) optioned by by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon of Authors Equity, with the author adapting the screenplay. Catch the author on Fresh Air with Terry Gross and the book giveaway on the Drew Barrymore show.
Maria Melchor, author of ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH (Little Brown Spark), interviews Mayor Zohran Mamdani about budgeting.
Lynn Johnston co-chairs the 2026 People of Publishing Conference.
Andrew Robertson’s THE CREATIVE SHIFT (Basic Venture) long-listed for Porchlight’s Business Book Award.
Jennie Erin Smith’s VALLEY OF FORGETTING (Riverhead) among the Wall Street Journal’s 10 best books and the New York Public Library’s best adult books of the year.
Recent & Upcoming Releases
Riverhead
Scribner
W.W. Norton
Hay House
University of Toronto Press
Little Brown Spark
W.W. Norton 2027
Crown Currency
Author Notebook
Author Notebook is a resource originally created for our clients but is open to anyone interested in learning more about publishing. Please check back for future installments.