Marilyn Allen
Allen O'Shea Literary Agency LLC
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Updated: 4/21/2026
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Marilyn Allen is a literary agent and founding partner in the Allen O'Shea Literary Agency who has 25 years of experience doing sales and marketing for publishing houses.
She served as Associate Publisher Director of Marketing and Senior Vice President at HarperCollins and as Vice President at Penguin and Simon & Schuster.
She has directed sales and marketing teams for Penguin Books Simon & Schuster and Avon Books and is co founder and literary consultant for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
She has taught publishing courses at NYU and for Gotham University and frequently conducts publishing seminars and gives speeches at writing conferences.
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