Mark Tavani
David Black Literary Agency
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Updated: 9/28/2025
Agent Information
Agent Bio
Mark Tavani spent 23+ years editing bestsellers and award‑winners at Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House, Bantam, Del Rey, and GP Putnam's Sons before becoming a literary agent and VP of Business Strategy.
He represents fiction and nonfiction—especially book club novels, thrillers, mysteries, speculative and historical fiction, and narrative nonfiction in wellness, history, sports, and big ideas—and has recently placed titles with major publishers.
He holds a Creative Writing degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Clients
- Ryan Pote
- Chris Palmer
- Gene Wojciechowski
- Gabe Bullard
- James Worthy
Book Sales
- Blood And Treasure
- The Life Of Kobe
- All Carry
- Against Convenience
- Becoming Worthy
Query Information
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Genres Information
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Book Club
- Commercial Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Mystery
- Speculative Fiction
- Thrillers
Nonfiction
- Big Idea
- History
- Narrative Nonfiction
- Sports
- Wellness
Genres Not Represented
David Black Literary Agency
Founded in 1989, the David Black Agency has earned a reputation throughout the publishing industry for serving the needs of our clients editorially and by attentively taking them through the life of a book, from conception to publication, to ensure that both the book and the author each achieve their fullest potential and reach the widest possible audience.
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