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Byrd Leavell | |
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Born |
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
[1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Virginia |
Occupation | Literary agent |
Known for | representing Tiffany Haddish, [2] Justin Halpern, Cat Marnell and "Weird Al" Yankovic [3] [4] |
Byrd Leavell is a literary agent at United Talent Agency. [5] [6] Previously he was known as a named partner at the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency. [7] [8]
Leavell graduated from the University of Virginia and the Radcliffe Publishing Program. [3] [9] In 2012, he partnered with Scott Waxman to form the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency. [8]
As a partner at the Waxman Leavell agency, he has overseen multiple New York Times bestsellers including #1 bestselling books Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Leavell also represents Rob Elliott, whose LOL series has sold more than 2.5 million copies. [17] He also represented the anonymous Dutch novel Diary of an Oxygen Thief. [18] [19] Leavell also represents Cat Marnell, a former Lucky, XoJane and Vice blogger. [20]
In September 2017 he began his employment at UTA. [5] One of the first clients Leavell represented at UTA was comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish. [2] Haddish's memoir, The Last Black Unicorn, was a debut New York Times bestseller, spending each of its first six weeks in print on the list and, as of January 2018, reaching #5 overall. [2] [21] [22] [23]
According to Publishers Weekly. [3] [9]
This
biography of a living person needs additional
citations for
verification. The reason given is: new employer, client list may have dramatically changed. (September 2017) |
Byrd Leavell | |
---|---|
Born |
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
[1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Virginia |
Occupation | Literary agent |
Known for | representing Tiffany Haddish, [2] Justin Halpern, Cat Marnell and "Weird Al" Yankovic [3] [4] |
Byrd Leavell is a literary agent at United Talent Agency. [5] [6] Previously he was known as a named partner at the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency. [7] [8]
Leavell graduated from the University of Virginia and the Radcliffe Publishing Program. [3] [9] In 2012, he partnered with Scott Waxman to form the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency. [8]
As a partner at the Waxman Leavell agency, he has overseen multiple New York Times bestsellers including #1 bestselling books Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Leavell also represents Rob Elliott, whose LOL series has sold more than 2.5 million copies. [17] He also represented the anonymous Dutch novel Diary of an Oxygen Thief. [18] [19] Leavell also represents Cat Marnell, a former Lucky, XoJane and Vice blogger. [20]
In September 2017 he began his employment at UTA. [5] One of the first clients Leavell represented at UTA was comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish. [2] Haddish's memoir, The Last Black Unicorn, was a debut New York Times bestseller, spending each of its first six weeks in print on the list and, as of January 2018, reaching #5 overall. [2] [21] [22] [23]
According to Publishers Weekly. [3] [9]