101.   One-on-one, he speaks affectionately of his girlfriend the literary agent.

102.   Powers says his only recourse is to find another publisher, and he has instructed his literary agent, Geri Thoma, to begin looking for one.

103.   Prominent New York literary agent Anna Ritenberg has worked both sides.

104.   Raised in Manhattan, Manus is one of three daughters born to Janet Wilkens Manus, a literary agent, and Justin Manus, an attorney.

105.   Several months ago, British mystery novelist Anne Perry acknowledged that she was Hulme after a New Zealand journalist submitted a query through her literary agent in London.

106.   Several literary agents contacted Friday said a Woodward tell-all would not necessarily generate a big advance because she is no longer widely viewed as a victim.

107.   She recommends literary agents and persistence.

108.   So a friend of a friend showed his first manuscript to a publisher, who in turn gave it to Henry Morrison, a literary agent.

109.   She was also taping her conversations with Ms. Lewinsky, which her friend, Lucianne Goldberg, a Manhattan literary agent, had incorrectly assured her was legal.

110.   So now, the real frontline for untested authors are literary agents.