91.   Ms. Kolata said Thursday that the day her article appeared, she received a call from literary agent John Brockman, who specializes in science and technology.

92.   No matter how frustrating the process, keep your cool, said Tom Wallace, a New York literary agent.

93.   Not surprisingly, literary agents complain that risk-averse publishers are addicted to such information.

94.   New York literary agent Lucianne Goldberg taped her phone conversations with Linda Tripp.

95.   Of course by then, Tripp had already told literary agent Lucianne Goldberg about the affair, and Lewinsky had told her mother and several friends.

96.   One high-powered Manhattan literary agent, who has handled several controversial clients and wanted to be anonymous, had no problem with the Walker project.

97.   One literary agent at a major firm, the William Morris Agency, said at the time the defections took place that more may occur.

98.   Only he did not have a literary agent and he had never published a novel.

99.   Packagers get an idea, find the writer, produce the manuscript and then try to sell it to a book publisher, bypassing literary agents.

100.   One of those friends called a literary agent, and shortly thereafter, Alexander and Long had a book deal.