Deborah Schneider

Deborah Schneider grew up in Chicago.

In 1981, seeking a less corporate environment, Deborah partnered with Jane Gelfman as an agent in the New York office of the venerable British Literary Agency, John Farquharson.

Deborah began building her American client list and in 1992, she and Jane bought the agency and established the Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents Inc that exists today.

Deborah represents a large variety of prominent and bestselling writers, across all categories of literary and commercial fiction and nonfiction.