Chark Blog - Yes, but is it good for the Jews

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Jonny Geller is a well-known literary agent working at (or is it 'with'?) Curtis Brown. He is well known for being 'cool' and 'sharp' and getting good deals for his clients. What isn't so well known is that he trained as a rabbi and is publishing his own book later this year. I was very keen for Macmillan to publish it but Jonny, being used to getting the top deal for his clients, managed to get great contracts from Bloomsbury in the USA and Penguin in the UK. I still reckon he should have come to us for the best if not the top deal. Nevertheless the book should be read and enjoyed as widely as possible and here is a link to a blog Jonny has created as a taster for the book.

Of course Jonny's advance didn't compare to Alan Greenspan's $8.5m from Penguin but as he says: This much money for a jewish banker? Can this be good for the jews? I'm worried..

Enjoy.

6/22/2006 6:45:03 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

oedipus schmoedipus, what does it matter so long as you love your agent ?

SUSAN HILL

6/22/2006 9:30:18 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Where was Jonny Geller when I needed him? I was very briefly managed by an agent at Curtis Brown about 3 years ago. She liked the work on my website and wanted me to write a book based on the site. The problem was that she had already enjoyed great success with another author and my every conversation with her started and ended with her going on about this other author. Eventually, she left Curtis Brown, and I was assigned another agent, who didn't seem to like my writing and simply viewed me as an inherited obligation. We mutually agreed to dissolve the relationship. I have since managed to get a book published without an agent, but I still feel slightly bewildered by the Curtis Brown experience. Anyway, I would love to have a rabbinically-trained agent. I'll keep my fingers crossed (well, arranged into a Star of David).

Greg Stekelman

6/24/2006 12:06:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Boris Becker as an eligible jewish single!! Jonny Geller might review his tables !! anyway, is it going to be translated into French afterwards?

Anne Bergman-Tahon

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