Jeff Ourvan

About the Agent

Jeff Ourvan, an attorney, published author and writing instructor, is a literary agent with the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency. His interests are varied: he represents nonfiction works, especially narrative nonfiction, histories, biographies, science, food and sports. He also represents fiction writers, particularly in the young adult, thriller and romance categories. Jeff heads the Agency’s book-to-film efforts, and he is the founder of The WriteWorkshop, an intensive writing workshop for New York-area writers. His most recently authored work is The Star-Spangled Buddhist (Skyhorse).

Represented authors

• Sara Alexander
• Neesha Arter
• Tim Bakken
• Christina Farley
• Ron Ferguson
• Elke Gazzara
• Peter Gutmann
• Christopher Knowlton
• Kerrie Logan Hollihan
• Steph Post
• Tatsha Robertson
• Joshua Scher
• Lesley Tellez