John Maas

About the Agent

John Maas is Executive Director of Editorial Development & Strategy at Park & Fine. He serves as an in-house editorial partner to a select group of the agency’s bestselling fiction and nonfiction clients, tailoring the process to each client’s unique needs. John also collaborates with other agents at Park & Fine on editorial strategy for their authors and projects. As a literary agent, John specializes in representing authors ranging from esteemed researchers in medicine and science to entrepreneurs and business leaders whose advice and stories inspire millions, as well as bloggers and journalists whose work drives vital conversations. His list of bestselling authors includes Dale Bredesen, MD; Ryder Carroll; Hal Elrod; Vishen Lakhiani; David Sinclair, PhD; and Izabella Wentz, PharmD, among many others. Previously, John was an agent at Sterling Lord Literistic. Before his career in agenting, he worked at two publishers: Jossey-Bass, the trade business imprint at Wiley, and the textbook program at Pearson. Originally from Wisconsin, John holds a BA in creative writing from Stanford University. He lives with his husband in Brooklyn.