Jim McCarthy
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About Jim
Jim McCarthy is a Vice President and senior agent at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, where he has worked for over twenty years. He initially began at the agency as an intern while studying urban design at New York University before committing to a career in book publishing instead of city planning. His client work spans literary and commercial fiction across adult, young adult, and middle grade categories, as well as narrative non-fiction.
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