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Since 1994, Timothy Travaglini has worked in trade marketing for Scholastic, Inc.; as a bookseller for Books of Wonder, an all-children’s bookstore in New York City; and has edited for Henry Holt and Company, Walker & Company, G. P. Putnam’s Sons (Penguin Young Readers Group), and Open Road Integrated Media where he was the director of children’s acquisitions. Tim has been a literary agent since 2016, joining Transatlantic Literary Agency in 2018.
Books he has published and represented have been, among other things, #1 New York Times bestsellers, a Washington Post Best Children’s Book of the Year, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner (& honoree), Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction winner, have been made into an award-winning musical, made into an award-winning animated television show, and traveled on board the International Space Station. He has edited, published, and now represents artists and authors who either previously won, or have gone on to win, nearly every award and honor under the sun. He has edited an American Library Association’s 10 Most Frequently Challenged book as well as a Christianity Today Book Award for Fiction winner.
As literary agent, he represents Nancy Farmer, the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs, New York Times bestseller & YouTube phenom James Rallison, #1 New York Times bestseller Michael Rex, Ethan Long, Kaz Windness, Rich Moyer, and a constellation of incredibly talented stars.
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