Liza Dawson Associates

At Liza Dawson Associates, we know book publishing. We've launched first-time novelists onto The New York Times bestseller list. We've lifted established, successful writers to new, higher levels of success. And we've helped journalists and academics discover the nonfiction book they're truly excited to write – and that mainstream publishers are eager to acquire. We're a full-service literary agency based in New York City.

IN THE NEWS...

(04 Feb 2010)

In its starred review, PW dubs Jesse Kellerman’s THE EXECUTOR an “outstanding novel of psychological suspense” and insists “Few thriller writers today are as gifted as Kellerman at using lucid and evocative prose in the service of an intense and nail-biting story.”

(07 Jan 2010)

The Providence Public Library has tapped THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY as its 2010 statewide community read.  It’s the eighth year for Rhode Island’s “One Book, One State” project.

(14 Dec 2009)

GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY is the inaugural winner of the Paperback of the Year Award sponsored by the Times of London and UK bookseller WHSmith.

(18 Nov 2009)

On BBC Radio’s Today program, Author Jean Sasson describes the impetus behind her book GROWING UP BIN LADEN, written with Osama Bin Laden’s son Omar.

(02 Nov 2009)

Harry Connolly’s SF fantasy CHILD OF FIRE is named one of 100 Best Books of 2009 by Publishers Weekly.