Maria Whelan
Mushens Entertainment
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Updated: 8/27/2025
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Maria Whelan worked at InkWell Management in New York for over 8 years as an assistant and agent and began her career in publishing as a Foreign Rights Assistant at Janklow & Nesbit in New York.
Maria graduated from University College Dublin with a BA in English and Drama and obtained her Master's in Literature and Modernity from the University of Edinburgh.
She represents both fiction and nonfiction writers including USA TODAY bestsellers, a Lammy Finalist, a PEN/Robert W Bingham Finalist, a Simon & Schuster Books Like Us first novel winner, NPRs Best Books Of The Year authors, a James Beard Award winner, Barnes & Noble picks authors, and MacDowell Fellows.
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