Grow Your Fire
LIT is a boutique literary agency offering both writing services and author representation.
BOOKS
MY HORIZONTAL LIFE
KARDASHIAN KONFIDENTIAL
DRINKING & TWEETING
THE DAILY DON
THE ALTMAN CLOSE
CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS
TESTIMONIALS
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Tom Sykes, way to be a closer. Thanks for taking this home to the finish line.
JOSH ALTMAN, THE ALTMAN CLOSE
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Thanks to everyone who made this book possible: Our book agent, the amazing Michael Broussard, and his colleagues at ISB...
KIM, KHLOE, AND KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN,
KARDASHIAN KONFIDENTIAL
Michael Broussard, you are the best book agent around.
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JOSH ALTMAN, THE ALTMAN CLOSE
Your Team
Michael Broussard
Executive Director / Senior Agent
Spanning a career over 30 years as agent/editor, Michael Broussard was instrumental to securing book deals and building the brands of such authors/celebrities as:
-Chelsea Handler
-Jorge Cruise
-Joseph Grenny
-Ty Pennington
-Heidi Swanson
-The Kardashian Family
-Jim Karas
-Brandi Glanville
-Denise Austin
-Joel Osteen
-Josh Altman.
Formerly of:
- Jan Miller at Dupree Miller & Associates
- Regan Media
- Simon & Schuster Entertainment
- iSB New Media.
Tom Sykes
Creative Director / Writer
Hometown:
Atlantic City, NJ / Santa Monica, CA
Education:
BFA in Dramatic Writing,
New York University – Tisch School of the Arts
Special Interests:
Memoir, biography, Film/TV adaptation, historical drama, true crime, nature & wildlife, travel, culture, extreme sports, natural disaster, human interest
Work Includes:
- The Altman Close by Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles’ Josh Altman (Wiley Publishing)
- Drinking & Tweeting: and Other Brandi Blunders (Gallery Books) - TV pilot/pitch adaptation “Scorned Valley”
- The Daily Don: All the News Fit for Tiny, Tiny Hands by Jesse Duquette (Arcade Publishing)
- One Billion Seeds: children’s literature / educational programming / school presentations
Andrew Avner
Consultant / Writer
Hometown:
Philadelphia, PA / West Hollywood, CA.
Education:
BFA in Film & Television,
New York University – Tisch School of the Arts.
Special Interests:
Young Adult Fantasy, Middle Grade Fiction, Children’s Picture Books, Graphic Novels
Feature Film Screenplays, Television Pilots Drama, Comedy, Romance, Action-Adventure, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller, Cooking, Biography/Memoir.
Work Includes:
-The Walt Disney Company: Staff Orientation Short Films – Writer/Producer/Director
-“Porn Moms” pilot script for Endemol Shine Group
-Two novels (Young Adult Fantasy and Middle Grade Fiction) and a
Children’s Picture Book represented by veteran book agent Jacques de Spoelberch
- Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment - feature film project
Krista Sykes
Consultant / Writer
Hometown:
Atlantic City, NJ / Cambridge, MA
Education:
PhD in Architectural History and Theory,
Harvard University Graduate School of Design;
BA in Architecture, Princeton University
Special Interests:
Culture, design, cities, arts, environment and resiliency, biography, narrative nonfiction
Work Includes:
- A contributing editor to Contract Magazine, over 30 articles covering design trends
- Constructing a New Agenda: Architectural Theory 1993-2009 (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010)
- The Architecture Reader: Essential Writings from Vitruvius to the Present (George Braziller, Inc., 2007)
- Currently writing a biography of architectural historian Vincent J. Scully.
Elise Gray
Writer / Junior Literary Agent / Social Media Manager
Hometown:
Houston, Texas / Los Angeles, CA.
Education:
BFA in Liberal Arts, Antioch University.
Special Interests:
Biography/Memoir, Self-Help, Young Adult, Marketing and Business, Children’s Picture Books, Cooking.
Work Includes:
- Several viral articles published via
ThoughtCatalog
- Ghostwriter for Lisa Hagen Books
- Content Writer for fusionZone Automotive
- Writer for WealthHunters
Shannon Leigh
Consultant / Writer
Hometown:
Woodbury, NJ / Santa Monica, CA
Education:
BS in Business Management,
Associates in Entrepreneurship & Production (Tiger Paw Productions) – Clemson University,
Clemson, SC. Improvisation – Second City.
Special Interests:
Stand-Up Comedy, Sketch Comedy, Feature Film Screenplays, Television Pilots, Comedy Short Stories, Sports, Copy Writing, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Weather, Pets, Action-Adventure, Theater
Work Includes:
- Jeff Ross Roast Battle - writer/performer as seen on Comedy Central and at The Comedy Store
- Merril Lynch Executive Team Toast Writer
- 2016 March Comedy Madness Competition Performance Winner (NYC)
- Playing With Balls: Sports Comedy Podcast
Writing Services
In all aspects of the written word, LIT offers ghostwriters, consultants, collaborators and in-house editors specifically tailored to each client through a dynamic team of specialized writers. From memoirs to screenplays, technical writing to copy, and speeches to comedy, LIT Writers will exceed all your creative business demands word by word.
Representation
LIT offers author representation focused on cultivating emerging talent as well as brand growth of thriving clientele allowing each author to work hand-in-hand with the LIT writing team to package their product best for success. Having exclusively dealt in non-fiction, memoir, and pop-culture, LIT is now expanding to fiction novels, YA, and children’s literature, still maintaining a limited list of clientele and a superior level of personalized dedication.
