About the Agent
Nick Mullendore is the Founder & President of Vertical Ink Agency and co-owner and Managing Partner of Loretta Barrett Books, Inc., which he began with in 1998 and now operates as Vertical Ink’s sister agency. A member of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA), Nick entered publishing through the literary journal The Missouri Review, where he served as a student-intern and then an assistant. He attended the NYU Summer Publishing Institute and began his career in publicity at HarperBusiness, the trade business books imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, gaining in-depth knowledge of major publishing before moving to the agency side. Over the years, Nick has worked with authors such as Ray Kurzweil, Mariah Stewart, Mark Nepo, Jason Bell, Jessica Bird/JR Ward, George Weigel, Betty White, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Chaz Bono, Phil Plait, Harold Schechter, MJ Rose, Carol Goodman, Jack Kelly, Noah Levine, Dr. James Martin, Wayne Muller, Bill O’Hanlon, Melvin Urofsky, and Theresa Rebeck, among many others. He has extensive experience selling a wide variety of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books, including US, Canadian, UK, translation, audio, and television and film rights.
Last updated in directory: 6/15/2026