Elizabeth Kaplan

About the Agent

With a 20-year career as a literary agent, Elizabeth Kaplan has represented numerous critically acclaimed and best-selling authors. She is known for the sharp insights and editing skills she brings to the development of successful projects and authors' careers. Elizabeth works tirelessly to connect individuals and find the right home for each project. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Elizabeth moved to New York City and began her publishing career as the assistant to Jim Silberman, the founder of Summit Books. She worked as an editor at Summit for three years before assisting literary agent Sterling Lord. Before beginning her own agency in 2002, she worked as an agent at Sterling Lord Literistic and the Ellen Levine Agency. Elizabeth's main areas of focus include literary fiction, young adult fiction, narrative nonfiction (especially issue-based books), history, biography, food writing and cookbooks, and memoir.