Merrilee Heifetz
Writers House
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Updated: 9/20/2025
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Merrilee Heifetz has been at Writers House for over 20 years and was one of the first agents to handle comic books/graphic novels when asked by a very young Neil Gaiman to represent his work with DC Comics.
She is one of the few agents who is well known for representing both adult and children's books and she finds she has been very successful with authors who don't fall into categories and who can benefit from overall career management.
For five years she chaired the Contracts Committee for the Association of Authors Representatives (AAR).
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Writers House is an independent agency that represents authors of adult and children's books, as well as illustrators and estates. It offers in-house services for international licensing, media rights, contracts, and accounting.
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