Based in the New York office, Amanda Urban represents both fiction and non-fiction titles for many world-renowned authors and prize-winning journalists, ranging from literary novels to memoirs, biographies, and books on current affairs. She has represented a long list of writers, including Toni Morrison, Haruki Murakami, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jennifer Egan, Michael Pollan, Isabel Wilkerson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Walter Isaacson. She joined CAA in 2022 following the agency’s acquisition of ICM. She had been with ICM since 1980, where she held the position of Co-Director of the Literary Department in New York for nineteen years, and Managing Director of ICM Books in London for six years. Prior to joining ICM, she was General Manager of New York Magazine and The Village Voice, and Editorial Manager of Esquire Magazine.
