Scott Meredith

Scott Meredith, (born Arthur Scott Feldman; November 24, 1923, New York City, NY – February 11, 1993, Manhasset, NY)[1][2][3][4] was a prominent American literary agent, and founder of the Scott Meredith Literary Agency. His clients included famous and successful writers such as Richard S. Prather, Morris West, Norman Mailer, J. G. Ballard, Arthur C. Clarke, P.G. Wodehouse, Ann Rule,[5] Philip K. Dick[5] and Margaret Truman.

  1. ^ Weber, Bruce (February 13, 1993). "Scott Meredith, Innovative Agent For Literary Figures, Dies at 69". The New York Times. p. 10. ProQuest 109217780. Scott Meredith, the literary agent who represented Norman Mailer and who introduced the concept of the book auction to publishing, died on Thursday at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, L.I. He was 69 and lived in Kings Point, L.I. The cause of death was cancer, his wife, Helen, said. [...] In addition to Mr. Mailer and Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. Meredith represented the science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, Margaret Truman, Spiro T. Agnew, Judith Campbell Exner and Roseanne Arnold.
  2. ^ Mossman, Jennifer, ed. (1982). Pseudonyms and Nicknames Dictionary : A Guide to Aliases, Appellations, Assumed Names. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company. p. 313. ISBN 0-8103-0547-X.
  3. ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY9B-GWG : 7 January 2021), Scott Meredith, Feb 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  4. ^ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQT9-GJF : 23 January 2020), Arther Feldman in household of Harry Feldman, Assembly District 23, Brooklyn, New York City, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-2841, sheet 5A, line 40, family 95, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2621.
  5. ^ a b "Scott Meredith Literary Agency – History".