Jane Gelfman

About the Agent

Jane Gelfman was born in New York, and after attending an out of-town college, couldn’t wait to move back to the city and work in Publishing. After a small flirtation with Simon and Schuster, and as a “story editor” in film production, she formed an alliance with a British publisher as acquisitions editor and agent for its US rights, and then seguéd into full-time agenting in partnership with Deborah Schneider. The agency has prospered harmoniously for decades, representing a multifaceted array of wonderful writers.

Represented authors

• Chris Bohjalian
• Paul McCeuen