In January, 2007, Tracy Brown announced the formation of the Tracy Brown Literary Agency. He began his career as an agent in 2003 in association with Wendy Sherman Associates.

Tracy Brown held senior editorial and executive positions in book publishing for close to 30 years. He has been Editor in Chief of Book-of-the-Month Club, Editorial Director of Back Bay/Little Brown, Editorial Director of Quality Paperback Book Club, Executive Editor at Holt, Editor at Viking Penguin, and, Senior Editor at Ballantine.

During his career as an editor Tracy Brown acquired and published such New York Times trade paperback bestsellers as LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI by Nien Cheng, AND THE BAND PLAYED ON by Randy Shilts, REAGAN'S AMERICA by Garry Wills, REAL BOYS by William Pollack, and THE SIX DAY WAR by Michael Oren. Other paperback acquisitions included FATHER AND SON by Larry Brown, FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk, and THE BLACK FLOWER by Howard Bahr.

In hardcover Brown edited books by such esteemed writers as Rikki Ducornet, Barry Gifford, Jan Kerouac, Greil Marcus, Roland Merullo, Barry Miles, Stewart O'Nan, Salman Rushdie, Jeff Shaara, and Alison Weir.

Lucette Lagnado; Jessica Valenti; Esther Perel; Courtney E. Martin; Brian Hicks; Louise W. Knight; Deborah Siegel; Jennifer Pozner; Daphne Uviller; Clifton Leaf.

THE MAN IN THE WHITE SHARKSKIN SUIT: A JEWISH FAMILY'S EXODUS FROM OLD CAIRO TO THE NEW WORLD by Lucette Lagnado (Ecco);
THE ARROGANT YEARS: ONE GIRL'S SEARCH FOR HER LOST YOUTH, FROM CAIRO TO BROOKLYN by Lucette Lagnado (Ecco);
MATING IN CAPTIVITY: UNLOCKING EROTIC INTELLIGENCE by Esther Perel (HarperCollins);
PERFECT GIRLS, STARVING DAUGHTERS: HOW THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION IS HARMING YOUNG WOMEN by Courtney E. Martin (Free Press/Berkley);
FULL FRONTAL FEMINISM: A YOUNG WOMAN'S GUIDE TO WHY FEMINISM MATTERS by Jessica Valenti (Seal Press)
JANE ADDAMS: SPIRIT IN ACTION by Louise W. Knight (Norton)
SUPER IN THE CITY by Daphne Uviller (Bantam)

WHY HAVE KIDS? by Jessica Valenti (Amazon);
REVEAL: THE NEXT GENERATION OF FEMININE SPIRITUALITY by Meggan Watterson (Hay House);
HEALING SEXUAL PAIN: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET HELP, FEEL BETTER, AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE by Dr. Deborah Coady and Nancy Fish, MSW, MPH (Seal Press)
DOSED: A MEDICATION GENERATION GROWS UP by Kaitlin Bell (Beacon Press)

MATING IN CAPTIVITY by Esther Perel. Sold in Brazil, Czech Republic; France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, UK

PERFECT GIRLS, STARVING DAUGHTERS by Courtney E. Martin. Sold in UK and Norway

THE MAN IN THE WHITE SHARKSKIN SUIT by Lucette Lagnado. Sold in Brazil, Egypt, France, Israel, Spain

foreign sales: Jenny Meyer at Jenny Meyer Literary Agency (jenny@meyerlit.com)

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