Ellen Levine began her career with two publishers: New American Library and Harper & Row (now HarperCollins). She then worked at other agencies before forming Ellen Levine Literary Agency in 1980.
Ellen has appeared on numerous publishing panels and spoken at many writers’ conferences. Many of her clients have appeared on the NY Times Bestseller List and have won major awards and prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the P.E.N. Faulkner Award, the P.E.N. Hemingway Award, The Booker Prize, and The L.A. Times Book Award among others.
Many of her clients’ books have become major feature films, including The English Patient, Holes, The Sweet Hereafter, Affliction, Housekeeping, and Ride With the Devil.
Ellen enjoys representing both literary and popular fiction, including thrillers and women's fiction. She is particularly interested in narrative non-fiction, history, biography, popular culture, world affairs, and politics. She also has a select list of children’s and young adult authors.
She is a member of the Association of Authors’ Representatives where she was Chair of the Contracts Committee for many years.
For new authors, Ellen would prefer to be queried by mail with an SASE.
LIST OF CLIENTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
Chris Abani, Jane Adams, Christopher Andersen, Ted Anton, Carol Ardman, David Bain, Russell Banks, Tom Barbash, Stefan Bechtel, Sandra Benitez,Pamela Browning, Ann Cameron, Steve Chapple, Joan Chase, Sheldon Cherry, MD , Jan Coffey, Justin Cronin, Angie Cruz, Alan Cumyn, Lorraine Diehl, Keith Dixon, Colette Dowling, Sibel Edmonds, Riane Eisler, Katie Estill, Warren Farrell, Barbara Feinberg, Loren Fishman M.D, Arthur Flowers , Sara Gay Forden , Jane Ganahl, Joseph Garber , Cristina Garcia, Sandra Gilbert , Molly Giles , Todd Gitlin , Chris Godshalk , Jill Gregory , Susan Gubar, Rosa Guy, Dolores Hayden , Carolyn Heilbrun (Estate) , Larry Heinemann , Jane Heller , Michael Helm, Mark Hertsgaard ,Lawrence Hil, Jon Hull , Fenton Johnson, David Kairys, John Kelly , Laleh Khadivi, Melissa Kirsch, laila Lalami, Diana Leszczynski, Jim Lewis, Leo Litwak, Goldberry Long , Rosa Lowinger, Brenda Maddox , Ann McAllister, May McGoldrick, Joan Mellen, Alison Moore, C.E. Morgan, Mary Morris, Kate Moses, Walter Murch , Wendy Murphy, Naeem Murr, Meera Nair, Gina Ogden, Diana O'Hehir, Toby Olson, Debra Ollivier, Michael Ondaatje , Peter Orner, Alison Owings ,Jeff Parker, Camille Peri,Connie Porter , Michael Redhill , Rahna Reiko-Rizzuto, Marilynne Robinson , Thane Rosenbaum, Laura Ruby, Louis Sachar , John Sack, (Estate), Carol Saline, Andrew Sandoval-Strausz, Ellen Schreiber, Beth Schuman, Loretta Schwartz-Nobel, Thomas Scoville , Aurelie Sheehan, John Smelcer, Andrea Smith, Asali Solomon, Linda Spalding, Gail Storey, The Transition Network, Toby Thompson, Chase Twichell, Jane Urquhart, Douglas Veenhof, Andrew Ward, William G. Weaver, Bruce Weigl, Sheila Weller, Michael Lee West, Jess Winfield, Sharon Wohlmuth, Penny Wolfson, Dan Woodrell, Barry Yourgrau, Meri Weiss, Inger Wolfe, Michele Zackheim
