Charlie Olsen

Charlie Olsen

InkWell Management
Likely Open
USA
Updated: 8/27/2025
Agent Bio

Charlie Olsen moved into publishing after studying print journalism at Rider University, beginning at InkWell in 2007 and building a career as a literary agent focused on fiction, children’s books, graphic novels, illustrated works, and narrative nonfiction.

He has worked with award‑winning graphic novelists and distinguished children’s authors, and represents illustrated and traditional nonfiction.

Prior to InkWell he covered a beat at a newswire in Washington, DC, and wrote for two New Jersey newspapers.

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Clients
  • Matt Kindt
  • Jeff Lemire
  • ND Stevenson
  • Andrea Robertson
  • Amy Ewing
  • Gus Gordon
  • Heather Greene
  • Paul Thomas Murphy
  • Dan Mishkin
  • Ernie Cólon
  • Jerzy Drozd
Book Sales
  • Whisk(e)y Distilled
  • Shooting Victoria
  • The Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation Into The Kennedy Assassination
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