Lucas Hunt - Editor
I am the director of Orchard Literary, a Manhattan based literary agency that represents a select group of top experts and authors.
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Overview
Lucas Hunt studied English and Journalism at the University of Iowa, wrote for The Daily Iowan newspaper, and attended the Poetry Writer’s Workshop. He received an MFA from Southampton College, published two volumes of poetry, won a John Steinbeck Award, and founded Hunt & Light. Hunt’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, East Hampton Star, Fiction Writers Review, Slice, and Clarion, among others.
Languages
English (US)
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Business & Management
Economics
Health & wellbeing
Humanities & Social Sciences
LGBTQ (non fiction)
Music
Nature
Psychology
Religion & Spirituality
Sex & Relationships
Fiction
Literary Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Poetry
Short Story
Thriller & Suspense
Women's Fiction
Certifications
- Member of AAR and Agents Union
Awards
- John Steinbeck Award for Poetry
Work experience
Director
Orchard Literary
October, 2014
–
Present
(about 6 years)
Prior to becoming Agency Director at Orchard Literary, Hunt was a rights manager and agent at the Philip Spitzer Literary Agency. He cultivated the careers of best-selling authors Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, Andre Dubus III, and Simon Van Booy. Hunt actively sought and closed major deals in print, audio, digital and foreign markets. He is interested in literary and international fiction, travel memoir, music and spirituality, along with creative and authoritative works of non-fiction.
Portfolio (3 selected works)
The Long Hitch Home
Jamie Maslin
Tasmania to London. One end of the globe to the other. 800 hitchhiking rides. 18 thousand miles. Four seasons. Three continents. 19 countries.How many rides does it take to hitch from Tasmania to London? Rogue wanderer Jamie Maslin decides to find out, propelling him into a high stakes adventure of a lifetime that sees him tackle searing desert, freezing mountains, tropical jungle and barren s... read more
Ghost at the Loom
T. Zachary Cotler
Among restless cosmopolitans and enigmatic wanderers, he tries to sort the real from the illusory and to protect the latter from the former, from a shining new voice in literary fiction, a young poet seeks his lost and damaged sister in the cities of old Europe, Cotler takes the reader on an American odyssey of innocence abroad, through beauty, truth, and the danger our imaginations face in a ... read more
The Secret Lives of People in Love: Stories
Simon Van Booy
“Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy’s stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking.” -Los Angeles Times In his critically-acclaimed debut collection of short stories, The Secret Lives of People in Love, Simon Van Booy explores the sway of fate and power of memory on the lives of lonely and vulnerable people. With the ... read more
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Excellent. I would love to work with him again!
Joe Davis, August 2017
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