Doug Grad
President at Doug Grad Literary Agency
- Role
- President at Doug Grad Literary Agency
- Location
- Salem, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Doug Grad
Over thirty-five years’ experience in content development and packaging, project pitching, sales and contract negotiation, including writing, web development, audio and video production. Initiate and close deals/projects to the satisfaction of authors, editors and publishers. Experienced supervisor. Marketer/promoter who has enhanced author recognition and sales.• Represented books by historical novelist Jeff Shaara, New York Times bestselling author of \"A Serial Killer\'s Daughter\" Kerri Rawson, the last surviving Secret Service agent from the JFK assassination Paul Landis, baseball legend Darryl Strawberry, legendary NHL defenseman Ken Morrow, Award-winning cozy mystery author Ellen Byron, true crime writer Michael Benson, WWII historian M.G. Sheftall, actress Gillian Anderson, UCLA basketball coach John Wooden and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Hugh Shelton, among others• Worked with licensor Brand Central and Mark Burnett Productions• Sold over 100 books to publishers including Random House and Simon & Schuster• Acquired and edited bestselling fiction and non-fiction. Authors included historical novelist Jeff Shaara, PGA golfer Steve Elkington, hip-hop artist Justin Bua, NBA agent Keith Glass, MLK attorney Clarence Jones, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade
Experience
President
Jan 2008 — Present · Salem, MA, US
Represent fiction and non-fiction authors for sales to U.S. publishers, foreign sales and film/television. Develop projects with authors, helping to create saleable proposals, and coordinated marketing/publicity plans with publishers. Created all content for website: see Sold over 100 books to various publishers, including Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, St. Martin’s Press, HarperCollins, Hachette and a number of independent houses.• Represent New York Times bestselling authors Jeff Shaara (Gods and Generals), David L. Robbins (War of the Rats) and Kerri Rawson (A Serial Killer\'s Daughter), as well as multiple-award-winning mystery writer Ellen Byron and sportswriter Jeff Duncan. Represented books by Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”), the late Mike Wallace (“60 Minutes”), John Wooden (UCLA basketball), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Hugh Shelton, 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey goalie Jim Craig, jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli, among others.
Education
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Speech, Theater
1980 — 1984
Skills
- Line Editing
- Creative Writing
- Writing
- Books
- Web Content Writing
- Ghostwriting
- Newsletters
- New Media
- Published Author
- Digital Publishing
- Freelance Writing
- Ebooks
- Content Strategy
- Content Writing
- Non-Fiction
- Editing
- Creative Writer
- Poetry
- Manuscript
- Magazines
- History
- Storytelling
- Creative Direction
- Art
- Online Publishing
- Online Marketing
- Content Development
- Video
- Publications
- Memoir
- Publishing
- Short Stories
- Publicity
- Press Releases
- Digital Media
- Text Editing
- Content Management
- Marketing Copy
- Proofreading
- Copywriting
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