Albert Lee

About the Agent

Albert Lee represents platform-driven nonfiction and fiction, with an emphasis on outsider voices, character-driven storytelling, bold personalities on the page, and unique “big idea” books with a clear value proposition for the reader. He spent the first two decades of his career as an editor and journalist before joining independent literary agency Aevitas Creative Management, where he signed and represented such clients as National Public Radio and the estates of Albert Einstein and Muhammad Ali. Since joining UTA, he has worked with a broad array of writers, thinkers, journalists, and category leaders, including Uzo Aduba, Dr. Nicole Apelian, Zaila Avant-Garde, Nate Bargatze, Joshua Bassett, Noah Baumbach, Cliff Bleszinski, Steve Burns, Ellen Burstyn, John Cho, Common, Lindsay Crouse, Cameron Crowe, Stephen Curry, Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, Earn Your Leisure, Billy Eichner, Jay Ellis, Cynthia Erivo, Tavi Gevinson, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Greenfield, dream hampton, Paris Hilton, Anthony Hopkins, Arianna Huffington, Jim James, Gary Janetti, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, Thomas Keller, Minka Kelly, Daniel Dae Kim, Tina Knowles, Kendrick Lamar & pgLang, John Leguizamo, Don Lemon, Lizzo, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Miller, Leanne Morgan, Joseph Nguyen, Kevin Carr O'Leary, Elliot Page, Yung Pueblo, Seth Rogen, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelly Rowland, Paul Rudnick, Heidi Schreck, Omid Scobie, Keila Shaheen, Brooke Shields, Sam Sifton, George Takei, Kenan Thompson, Courtney B. Vance, Jose Antonio Vargas, Malala Yousafzai, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, and many others. He also helped establish the hugely successful publishing programs for leading children’s brands Blippi and Cocomelon, and represents the world’s bestselling author, James Patterson. Lee is a native of Kentucky and graduate cum laude of Princeton University. He serves on the board of the Academy of American Poets and lives in New York.