Todd Shuster represents numerous prestigious authors including legendary former Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron and author of Collision of Power; actress Grace Byers who wrote the mega-bestselling children’s picture book I Am Enough; Andrew McCabe, former Deputy Director of the FBI who wrote the #1 NYT bestseller, The Threat; Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, authors of His Name Is George Floyd, a Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award; and Cody Keenan, Chief White House Speechwriter for President Obama and author of the New York Times bestselling Grace.
Todd has also represented major national newspapers in connection with group-reported books, including The Boston Globe on such titles as Last Lion, Whitey, and Long Mile Home and The Washington Post on such titles as the #1 New York Times bestselling The Mueller Report, the #1 NewYork Times bestselling The Afghanistan Papers, and Trump on Trial.
As an agent, Todd has helped shepherd films to the big screen including Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon, and The Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith. Todd recently served as Executive Producer of the Netflix-released feature film The Midnight Sky, directed by and starring George Clooney.
Following college at Yale and law school at Northeastern University, Shuster practiced publishing and entertainment law at the law firms of Palmer & Dodge and Ropes & Gray. He co-founded the literary agency Zachary Shuster Harmsworth, which merged with Kuhn Projects to form Aevitas in 2016.
Based in New York, Shuster represents both fiction and nonfiction. His nonfiction list primarily focuses on current affairs, politics and civil rights, health and wellness, memoir, business, and history. His fiction list includes both literary and commercial novels, including mysteries and thrillers.
STRONGER
The $10 Trillion Prize
Super Learners
Momwinks
Make It Meatless
The Future of Truth
The Bicycle Girl
You Can Go Far!
LAID-BACK LUXE
JILL
Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage
Tête à Tête: The Tumultuous Lives & Loves of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
Wrecked: The Tragic Sinking of the Steamship Valencia