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.
Services
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
Languages
English (US)
Awards
- John Steinbeck Award for Poetry
Certifications
- Member of AAR and Agents Union
Work experience
Orchard Literary
Oct, 2014 —
Present
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
“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... read more
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 Europ... read more
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, propell... read more
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Joe D.
Aug, 2017
