Barney Karpfinger

About the Agent

Barney Karpfinger studied English at Columbia University while supporting himself by working as a paralegal. Before establishing the agency in 1985, he ran the contracts department of a major New York publishing company. Over the years, Barney has represented more fiction than non-fiction. Recently, though, he’s worked on a bit more non-fiction—work as varied as a philosopher’s take on procrastination, a dance critic’s look at grace in all of its manifestations and an investigative reporter’s examination of the big-money business of college football. The writers Barney works with share an ease with language and the ability to tell a compelling story.

Represented authors

• David Carkeet
• Leah Hager Cohen
• Jodi Compton
• Thomas M. Disch
• Samuel Freedman
• Amitav Ghosh
• Sara Gran
• Harville Hendrix
• Sara J. Henry
• Faye Kellerman
• Jonathan Kellerman
• Helen Lakelly Hunt
• John Lescroart
• Bill Loehfelm
• Michael McGarrity
• Kenneth R. Miller
• Ali Sethi
• David Stone
• Carsten Stroud
• Michael Winerip