Claire Roberts
Claire Roberts Global Literary Management
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Updated: 4/11/2026
Agent Information
Agent Bio
With nearly three decades of experience in publishing, Claire Roberts knows the industry from both the publisher side and the agency side of the business, and has negotiated many major contracts for authors.
She has held executive positions at Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and worked most recently at a major literary agency, Trident Media Group.
At Trident she was Vice-President and Managing Director of the Foreign Rights department and developed her own client list.
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Clients
- Marilynne Robinson
- Justin Cronin
- Michael Ondaatje
- Marlon James
- Mary Oliver
- Anne Tyler
- Rachel Yoder
- Jokha Alharthi
- Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler)
- Ann Petry
- Elizabeth George
- Curdella Forbes
- former Google chairman Eric Schmidt
- Ayana Mathis
- Jon Krakauer
- Paul Harding
Book Sales
- Science Fiction
- Romance
- Westerns
- Screenplays
- Poetry
- How-to
- Diet
- Fitness Titles
- Sports Books
Query Information
Query Format
Query Format
Email
Genres Information
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Commercial Fiction
- General Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Mystery
Nonfiction
- Nonfiction
- Biography
- Current Affairs
- History
- Narrative Nonfiction
- Science
Genres Not Represented
Claire Roberts Global Literary Management
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