Jo Fagan

Jo Fagan joined JDLM after more than 20 years in publishing.She was most recently Vice President, Director of Subsidiary Rights at Crown Publishers, a division of Random House, where she managed and directed their rights business, both domestic and foreign.She began her publishing career at Doubleday & Company, Inc., both in the contracts and editorial departments.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jo received her B.A. in Political Science (a subject that still fascinates) from Brooklyn College.Her other interests include commercial fiction, non-fiction, biography/memoirs, illustrated lifestyle/cookbooks, and sports, with a particular emphasis on baseball.She actually attended her first baseball game at Ebbett's Field, although was much too young to appreciate or remember it.But she does remember getting a day off from school when the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series.

Jo enjoys reading, travel, hanging out with friends, and is a big film buff.She lives in Manhattan.No dogs....yet.

Jo Fagan became an agent at Jane Dystel Literary Management in 1999 after more than 20 years on the publishing side as Vice President and Director of Subsidiary Rights at Crown Publishers, a division of Random House.She is interested in literary fiction, selected commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction including topics such as politics, economics, current affairs, extreme adventure, sports, etc., solid backlist nonfiction and quirky nonfiction.She is not interested in children's books, YA, sci/fi/fantasy. For a more complete overview, including titles recently sold and links to the Jane Dystel site, click here. Jo Fagan

Jo Fagan , an agent at Jane Dystel Literary Management , has spent more than 20 years in publishing.Prior to joining the agency she was Vice-President , Director of Subsidiary Rights at Crown Publishers , Inc. , a division of Random House.Her client list is approximately 70 % nonfiction , 30 % fiction.In fiction her preference is literary , but she is not averse to really well crafted commercial fiction.No science fiction or fantasy , please.