Chris Parris-Lamb

Chris Parris-Lamb

The Gernert Company
Likely Open
USA
Updated: 9/2/2025
Agent Bio

Chris is an Executive Vice President and literary agent at The Gernert Company, which he joined in 2005.

He was born in Alabama and grew up in North Carolina, where he attended UNC-Chapel Hill on a Morehead-Cain Scholarship.

His nonfiction tastes encompass a wide variety of genres and subjects, and his fiction tastes incline toward the literary.

In both categories he’s looking for great writing by smart writers.

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