John Talbot

About the Agent

John Talbot has over twenty-five years of book publishing experience as an editor and literary agent. As an agent, he has placed books at all of the major publishers and their imprints. His clients include New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and ABA Indiebound bestsellers, as well as several winners of national literary awards. He is a member of the AALA. Prior to becoming an agent John spent over a decade with Pocket Books and Putnam Berkley. At Putnam Berkley he was named Senior Editor and had the honor of working with such global bestsellers as Tom Clancy, W.E.B. Griffin, and Jack Higgins, as well as then-rising literary stars such as Tom Perrotta. He edited dozens of national bestsellers and several New York Times Notable Books. He began his editorial career at Simon & Schuster. John received his B.A. in English Composition from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, and spent semesters at Washington University in St. Louis and Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan. After graduating from college he lived in Japan and traveled the Pacific Rim before settling in New York to work in book publishing.

Represented authors

• Ellie Alexander
• Alice Alfonsi
• John Baldwin
• Tanya Barrientos
• Bruce Bawer
• Kate Borden
• Elizabeth Bright
• Joe Buff
• Sheila Buff
• Pete Callahan
• Marc Cerasini
• Cleo Coyle
• Jim Defelice
• Rosemary Dew
• Joel Engel
• Donna Everhart
• Greg Fox
• Joyce Hollyday
• David Jacobs
• Don Keith
• David Kent
• Alice Kimberly
• Diane Ladd
• John Mackie
• Clarence Major
• Clinton McKinzie
• David Meadows
• Dominick Misino
• Tim Myers
• Arthur Nersesian
• Barry Ozeroff
• Pat Pape
• Jerome Preisler
• Savannah Russe
• Kenneth Sewell
• Suzanne Strempek Shea
• Maryanne Stahl
• P.W. Storm
• Peter Telep
• George Wallace
• Ezell Ware
• Ben Weaver
• Bart Yates