Barbara Jones of Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency

I worked as an editor for three decades (first in magazines, then in books); I’ve been a literary agent for all of four months. But in the spirit of sharing from one agent’s “beginner’s mind,” here is something I’ve noticed: Agents have much more latitude than editors to choose the writers with whom they work. And even more than editors, agents hope to choose “for life,” to find authors they’ll work with for many years—and several books.