Eric Simonoff

Eric Matthew Simonoff is a literary agent at William Morris Endeavor.

Biography
Eric Simonoff was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia on July 21, 1967. He graduated from Princeton University in 1989, with a degree in Classics. Simonoff began his publishing career at W.W. Norton as an editorial assistant, then joined Janklow & Nesbit in 1991 and rose to the position of co-director. He left Janklow & Nesbit for William Morris Endeavor in 2009. His switch in agencies was considered a major event in the publishing industry. Simonoff represents more than a dozen New York Times bestselling authors.

Partial List of clients

 * Jonathan Lethem
 * Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence: A True Story
 * Vikram Chandra
 * Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower
 * Lincoln Child
 * Andrew Davidson
 * James Frey, controversial author of A Million Little Pieces.
 * Bob Greene
 * Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer prize winner.
 * Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer prize winner.
 * Alexander Maksik, novelist
 * Thisbe Nissen
 * Trenton Lee Stewart
 * Walter Kirn
 * Roger Reeves
 * Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer prize winner
 * Ian W. Toll
 * Nam Le
 * Qian Julie Wang
 * The New Yorker Magazine
 * Phil Klay, author of Redeployment
 * Chris Robinson and Gavin Kovite, authors of War of the Encyclopaedists
 * Yaa Gyasi
 * Chandler Burr