Lynn Nesbit

Distinguished Alumnae Award Recipient, 1994

Nesbit co-founded Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 1989. It is one of the largest and most powerful literary agencies in the world. In 2019 she won the Maxwell E. Perkins Award, which recognizes an editor, publisher, or agent who over the course of his or her career has discovered, nurtured, and championed writers of fiction in the United States. Lynn currently represents both fiction and nonfiction writers from Ronan Farrow to Gay Talese.