Richard Curtis
Harold Ober Associates
Likely Closed
Updated: 9/2/2025
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Richard Curtis is a New York literary agent and author of dozens of fiction and nonfiction works, playwright, and creator of The Creepery podcast project.
He founded the first commercial e-book publishing company in English prior to the Kindle, wrote an advice column for Locus that led to books, has testified as an expert witness in publishing trials, served as first president of the Independent Literary Agents Association and as President of the Association of Authors' Representatives in 1996 and 1997.
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Harold Ober Associates
Founded in 1929, Harold Ober Associates, Inc. is one of the most storied and celebrated literary agencies in the country, representing some of the greatest iconic authors of the 20th Century. Please note that Harold Ober Associates is not currently seeking new authors.
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