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Laura Blake Peterson
Bio
Laura Blake Peterson began her career in publishing at Curtis Brown, Ltd. as a summer
intern. She is a graduate of Vassar College and has been with Curtis Brown, Ltd. since
1986. She lives in western New Jersey with her husband and daughter.
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Curtis Brown, Ltd.
In 1914, Mr. Curtis Brown opened a New York office of his London literary
agency, Curtis Brown, Ltd., in order to sell his British authors' work in the U.S. As the
years passed, the New York office added American authors whose work they sold here. Today
the New York office and its branch in San Francisco are independent of the original London
office. We represent a wide cross-section of established and emerging writers who writes
in all genres, from children's books to literary fiction and nonfiction to mystery and
romance. Current clients include Karen Armstrong, Louis Auchincloss, Debra Fraiser, S. E.
Hinton, Laurence Yep, David Lodge, Henry Alford, Rosamunde Pilcher, Tony Hillerman,
Patricia MacLachlan, Betty Friedan, Harold Kushner, Alvin Toffler, John Nichols and Po
Bronson. Among the literary luminaries of Curtis Brown's long, illustrious history are: D.
H. Lawrence, A. A. Milne, Ogden Nash, Robertson Davies, Ayn Rand and W. H. Auden.
There are currently twelve agents in the organization whose lists reflect a wide range of
interests and more than 200 years of collective experience in publishing. There are also
separate departments for film, television and foreign rights. The publishing and
entertainment worlds are peppered with agents, editors and producers who began their
careers at Curtis Brown, some as assistants and interns.
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