51.   Evans said he bought the book two months ago from Kathy Robbins, a literary agent, who insisted that the author remain anonymous.

52.   For almost a year, Jason, a New York literary agent, tried to correct the overcharge.

53.   Goldberg is a writer and New York literary agent who once played dirty tricks against Democrats.

54.   He fell in love with her writing and brought the idea of reissuing her books to his literary agent, Melanie Jackson.

55.   He handles the vegetables, and his wife, Patricia Kavanagh, a prominent English literary agent, tends to the flowers.

56.   He and his wife, literary agent Amanda Urban, spend half their winter weekends in Bridgehampton.

57.   He lives in Montclair, N.J., with his wife, Rebecca, a literary agent.

58.   He had cancer, said Joe Spieler, his literary agent.

59.   He worked as a writer and editor at American Mercury and Atlantic Monthly Press before becoming a literary agent in Boston.

60.   Heimbouch declined to comment, as did a spokesman for the literary agent representing Kamen, the Maryland-based Sagalyn Agency.