Jane Dystel

Jane Dystel, President, has been an agent since 1986.

Her publishing career began at Bantam Books.

She then moved to Grosset & Dunlap, where she was a managing editor and later an acquisitions editor.

From there, she went on to become Publisher of World Almanac Publications, where she created her own imprint.

When she joined the agency that would soon become Acton and Dystel Inc, she quickly developed a reputation for honesty, forthrightness, hard work, and real commitment to her authors and their writing careers.

In 1994, with a growing roster of clients, she founded Jane Dystel Literary Management, which became Dystel & Goderich Literary Management in 2003, and Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2016.

Born in Chicago, Jane grew up in Rye, New York.