People

Co-Founder
Literary Agent
Morton Janklow was one of the country’s most powerful literary agents, representing bestselling authors, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize…
Co-Founder
Literary Agent
Lynn Nesbit grew up in Dundee, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Speech. She attended the Sorbonne and the…

Partners

President
Managing Director
Literary Agent
Luke Janklow represents an eclectic and broad list of authors with multiple talents ranging from imaginative storytelling to broadcast and print…
General Counsel
Managing Director
Head of Legal and Business Affairs
A native of Brooklyn, Bennett Ashley received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from the…
Managing Director
Literary Agent
Anne Sibbald found her professional home as an agent. Anne’s interests are broad, but quintessentially encompass the classic “good read” and…
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Information Officer
Dmitri Chitov joined Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2007 after working at several law firms and in the Office of the Brooklyn Borough…
Literary Agent
PJ Mark moved to NYC in 1990 and used his student loans to start a literary journal to publish his friends. He began his career as an…

Agents

Literary Agent
A native of Los Angeles, California, Kirby attended Harvard-Westlake high school then went to Pomona College where he was a PPE (Philosophy,…
Literary Agent
From his first days with books, Paul has loved the feeling of getting lost between the covers. He remembers reading in his closet with a…
Literary Agent
I’m looking for transporting, propulsive storytellers and arresting ideas. I love writers who extend empathy, resist all manner of tyrannies, and…
Literary Agent
Raised in California’s Bay Area, Marya earned her B.A. at Harvard, where she majored in English and was Fiction Editor for the Advocate, and her…
Literary Agent
A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Melissa Flashman majored in English at Wesleyan University. After stints in the English Ph.D. program at Johns…
Literary Agent
Chris Clemans received his BA in English from Duke University, with a minor in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. After internships at The New…
Literary Agent
Richard Morris has been with Janklow & Nesbit Associates since 1998 representing narrative nonfiction and literary fiction. He is…
Literary Agent
Born and raised in Virginia, Chad received a BA in English at Lynchburg University before moving to Eastern Europe to teach English for several…
Literary Agent
An agent, an expert editor, and a fierce advocate, Hafizah Geter got her first job in literature over a decade ago with the literary nonprofit…
Senior Counsel
Literary Agent
Stefanie joined JNA as Senior Counsel in 2005 after practicing law at New York’s Guggenheim Museum and boutique entertainment firm Frankfurt…
Literary Agent
Ian Bonaparte is actively acquiring in the areas of popular history, science, outward-looking memoir, and narrative-driven nonfiction. He is…
Associate Agent
Mina Hamedi grew up in Istanbul, Turkey before moving to New York in 2010. She received her BA in Nonfiction and Global Identity from NYU’s…
Literary Agent
Jessica represents upmarket and literary fiction, journalistic nonfiction, and select pop culture. On the fiction side, she is drawn to…

Business & Legal Affairs

Senior Counsel
Literary Agent
Stefanie Lieberman joined the agency in 2005 after practicing intellectual property law at The Guggenheim Museum; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton…
Contracts Director
Michael Steger joined Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2000. He became Contracts Director in 2004 and is proud to continue the agency's…
Senior Business Affairs Associate
Molly joined Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2014 after studying literature at Macaulay Honors College at Hunter. She has always had a love of…

Assistants

Literary Assistant
After studying journalism, Eloy’s first job in publishing was at Simon & Schuster editorial. He switched to the agency side when he joined…
Literary Assistant
Judythe Cohen served as the right hand of literary agent legend Mort Janklow for 23 years, working closely with many of his clients, including…
Literary Assistant
Claire Dippel graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Occidental College with a double major in Theater and English. She worked for a…
Legal Assistant
Adam joined Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2018. In addition to the review and negotiation of contracts for the legal department, Adam also…
Literary Assistant
Roma Panganiban graduated from Allegheny College with a degree in English and Psychology before taking on graduate studies in Modern and…
Literary Assistant
Madeline Ticknor began her agenting career in 2018 as an intern at Curtis Brown, and soon after began working as an assistant at the Jean V.…
Literary Assistant
Mackenzie Williams has assisted Marya Spence since October 2021. She is interested in building her own list of literary fiction, short story…
Literary Assistant
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Jessica Gitre majored in Mathematics and Linguistics at the University of Chicago. A lifelong reader, when…