Eric Simonoff

Eric Matthew David Simonoff (born July 21, 1967) is a literary agent at William Morris Endeavor.

Eric Simonoff
Born	Eric Matthew David Simonoff (1967-07-21)July 21, 1967 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Literary agent
Children	Henry Simonoff (1999) Lucy Simonoff (2002)

Biography

Eric Simonoff was born in Philadelphia on July 21, 1967. He spent most of his childhood in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University in 1989, with a degree in Classics. He began his publishing career at W.W. Norton as an editorial assistant. He joined Janklow and Nesbit in 1991 and rose to co-director. He left Janklow & Nesbit for William Morris Endeavor in 2009. His switch in agencies was considered a major event in the publishing industry.

He represents three Pulitzer Prize winners, as well as over a dozen New York Times bestselling authors.

List of clients

• Jonathan Lethem
• Philipp Meyer, author of The Son
• Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence: A True Story
• Vikram Chandra
• Lincoln Child
• Andrew Davidson
• James Frey, controversial author of A Million Little Pieces.
• Bob Greene
• Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer prize winner.
• Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer prize winner.
• Alexander Maksik, novelist
• Thisbe Nissen
• Bill O'Reilly, conservative commentator.
• Trenton Lee Stewart
• Walter Kirn
• Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer prize winner.
• Danielle Trussoni
• Nam Le
• The New Yorker Magazine
• Phil Klay, author of Redeployment
• Chris Robinson and Gavin Kovite, authors of War of the Encyclopaedists
• Yaa Gyasi