The Deborah Harris Agency

The Deborah Harris Agency is a Jerusalem-based literary agency founded in 1991. The agency represents worldwide publishing and dramatic rights of Israeli, Palestinian and international authors in more than thirty countries. In addition, we act as sub-agents for numerous publishers and agencies overseas to Israeli publishing houses. Locally, we repr... esent the Hebrew rights of Israeli writers of fiction and non-fiction, including high-profile personalities in the fields of science, business, politics and history. Through our representation of rights both to and from Israel, The Deborah Harris Agency has earned a unique international reputation as the Israeli agency for literary fiction and non-fiction of the highest standards. Deborah Harris moved from the U.S. to Jerusalem in 1979, after working at several publishing positions in New York. She co-founded The Domino Press, and in 1991, together with Beth Elon, she established The Harris/Elon Agency-renamed The Deborah Harris Agency in 2005. Deborah Harris was given The Friend of Jerusalem Award in 2011. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem International Book Fair for twenty years and created the prestigious project "Voices from Two Sides of the Bridge", a day-long literary event bringing together Israeli and Palestinian writers and film makers, along with prominent world publishing leaders. The Bridge project is now a permanent event at the bi-annual Book Fair. Deborah Harris is a founding board member of The Jerusalem Film and Television Fund, which acts to advance the production of full-length Israeli and international feature films to be filmed on location in Jerusalem. Ines Austern Gander, managing editor, represents the foreign-language and dramatic rights of the agency's authors list world wide (excluding UK & USA). Prior to her work in publishing, Ines has been the program manager responsible for the establishment of Hi-Tech centers in the Palestinian Authority, Gaza and Jordan in the framework of a foreign foundation. George ...Read More