Amanda Urban
American literary agent
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Amanda "Binky" Urban is an American literary agent and partner[2] at ICM Partners.[1]
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Amanda "Binky" Urban | |
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Urban in 2011 | |
| Born | 1946 or 1947 (age 78–79)[1] |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) |
| Occupation | Literary Agent |
| Spouse | Ken Auletta[1] |
| Awards | 2010 Maxwell E. Perkins Award |
Urban started at ICM as a literary agent,[3] worked as Co-Director of the ICM Literary Department in New York, and had been Managing Director of ICM Books in London from 2002 to 2008.[4] Before ICM, she was General Manager of New York Magazine[5] and The Village Voice, and Editorial Manager of Esquire Magazine.[6]
In December 2010, the Center for Fiction awarded Urban the Maxwell E. Perkins Award in recognition of her work and contribution to the field of fiction writing.[7][8] She was the first book agent selected to receive the award.[9]
Urban attended Kent Place School[10] and graduated from Wheaton College in Massachusetts as an English major in 1968.[11]
She has represented dozens of authors, among them Jennifer Egan, Bret Easton Ellis, Nora Ephron, and Cormac McCarthy.[12][13][4][14][11] She was representing Donna Tartt for three decades until they parted ways in 2017.[15] Urban also works with Nobel Prize recipient Kazuo Ishiguro and Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.[16][17]
