Janet Silver

Janet Silver represents a roster of bestselling and award-winning authors of literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Her list of acclaimed clients includes Cheryl Strayed, author of the international bestsellers Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things; Anthony Marra, author of the New York Times bestsellers A Constellation of Vital Phenomena and Mercury Pictures Presents; Monique Truong, author of The Book of Salt; Omer Friedlander, author of The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land; Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, author of the novel Big Girl; Hanna Pylväinen, author of The End of Drum-Time; Christopher Castellani, author of Leading Men, and Safiya Sinclair, author of the memoir How to Say Babylon.

Janet's clients' many awards and honors include National Book Critics Circle Awards, National Book Award finalists, the Asian American Literary Award, the Jewish Book Award, Lambda Awards, Whiting Awards, Guggenheim Fellowships, and Read with Jenna and Oprah's Book Club picks.

Janet brings in-depth knowledge of the publishing industry and extensive editorial experience to her work as an agent. Before joining Aevitas, she was Publisher at the former Houghton Mifflin Company, where she worked with such renowned authors as Philip Roth, Jhumpa Lahiri, Tim O’Brien, and Jonathan Safran Foer.

At Aevitas, Janet represents authors whose fiction and nonfiction are notable for compelling storylines, singular voices, and unique perspectives. She has been a trustee of the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and is on the advisory board of Ploughshares magazine. She was featured in the Poets and Writers article “Agents as Editors.”