Trident Media Group Chairman Robert Gottlieb on Evolving Role of Literary Agents

Recorded at DBW 2013. Interview by Rich Fahle of Astral Road Media and Bibliostar.TV
Robert Gottlieb is the founder and Chairman of Trident Media Group, a leading literary agency in New York City. Gottlieb began his career at the William Morris Agency, where he spent 24 years, At William Morris, he first became a literary agent, discovered Tom Clancy in the early eighties, and in 1989 was promoted to Senior Vice President, becoming one of the youngest agents to ever head the WMA Literary Department. He was then elected to the Board of Directors and became Executive Vice President in 1992.
After 24 years at the William Morris Agency, Gottlieb started Trident Media Group, LLC in September 2000 where he now serves as Chairman. He presently represents many best-selling authors. His successes over the years include international bestselling authors Tom Clancy, Dean Koontz and Janet Evanovich. He continues to grow his list of authors which currently include international bestselling authors Deepak Chopra, Catherine Coulter, Elizabeth George, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kat Martin, Mary Alice Monroe, and Karen Robards.

[@Kertranka]

Agents say that my work is great 📖... and it is... "if Trident Media Group calls, it's a best seller 📚" everyone's happy 😀

[@pagejustin5572]

Engineering.... It's stunning how few literary agents think of writing a novel as pretty much the same exact thing as designing and construction a bridge..... A million different characters that must go together in exactly the right order or it's a disaster..... Of course engineering a bridge is far more important being as if you fukc up a book nobody dies except for maybe the author.... But still..... It's like a car mechanic and a doctor are in the exact same business.... Diagnosing the problem.... Architects and authors also work in very similar ways

[@danielpohl3306]

I am sure it's helpful to have an agent, I for one, couldn't find any for the last 15 years, and it's a pity, because my true escape story is a movie material. Then I just simply uploaded it on Amazon. Look for: Extreme Zip Lining, if you want to check it out.

[@pagejustin5572]

Daniel Pohl how is extreme zip lining a Hollywood escape story? Intriguing

[@user-cf7zg5rx4s]

Somebody told me that you and your son were arrested on October 8, 2022 :)