Wikipedia/Mark Gottlieb (literary agent)

Mark Gottlieb is an American literary agent  for writers and illustrators in fiction, non-fiction, children's literature, graphic novels and other genres. He's known for representing figures such as Lesley Kagen, James Breakwell, Christopher Brown (author), Christopher Hinz, Andrew Klavan, William F. Nolan, Joe Coleman (painter) and Kate Moretti. Mark Gottlieb has been instrumental in Trident Media Group's (TMG) publishing house development. He has lectured and commented widely on publishing, author rights and the place of literature in the contemporary period of history. Gottlieb is also an author of a number of publications. Gottlieb resigned from the Association of Authors’ Representatives (AAR) following an ethics investigation in August 2018.

Background
Mark Gottlieb was born in New York City and grew up in the village of Scarsdale. As a child, Gottlieb witnessed many authors frequently visiting his father's house. Surrounded by an atmosphere of creativity and books, he showed an early interest in literature and art. He graduated from Emerson College in 2009 with a M.A degree in writing, literature, and publishing. While a student at Emerson College, Gottlieb co-founded the Undergraduate Students for Publishing Club and the Wilde Press where he presided during his college years.

Career
After a year of working at Penguin Group USA as a production assistant to the vice president, Mark Gottlieb later joined Trident Media Group. Before becoming a literary agent in 2013, he first filled the roles of foreign rights assistant to the director of foreign rights, executive assistant to the chairman, and audio rights agent in the company. As a literary agent, Gottlieb began working directly with authors, building his own client list of bestselling and award-winning authors. He has represented various genres such as debut fiction, mystery/crime, science fiction, fantasy, thriller, women's fiction, young adult, graphic novel and more. During his career at Trident Media Group, Gottlieb represented many emerging writers in a range of genres of fiction and nonfiction. Some of the authors appeared on the New York Times Best Sellers Lists and won literary prizes and awards.

Mark Gottlieb remains employed at Trident Media Group, where his father is chairman and founder, in spite of resigning from the Association of Authors’ Representatives (AAR) following an ethics investigation in August 2018. The AAR's Ethics Committee's official report substantiated allegations that Gottlieb had violated its Canons, including the provision that AAR members “undertake never to mislead, deceive, dupe, defraud or victimize their clients, other members of the Association, the general public, or any person with whom they do business as a member of the Association" and further recommended "that the appropriate sanction for such violation be the expulsion of Mr. Gottlieb from membership in the AAR." Gottlieb ultimately resigned prior to being expelled.

Publications and podcasts

 * Mark Gottlieb, The Current State of Publishing According to Mark Gottlieb in the "Liminal Pages", 2019
 * Mark Gottlieb, From Beyond the Grave: Interviews with Dead Authors in "The Millions", 2019
 * Mark Gottlieb, Gottlieb on the Etiquette of the Editorial Process, in "Pro-Writing Aid", 2019
 * Mark Gottlieb, Bestsellers Born in Social Media in "Beyond the Book", 2019