Meet the Agents: Alex Reubert (HG Literary)
Joy Wang April 23, 2026
“When the project is fantastic, anything is possible.” —Alex Reubert, HG Literary
“When the project is fantastic, anything is possible.” —Alex Reubert, HG Literary
“There is no actual rush. Don’t be swayed by what I like to call ‘artificial urgency’…” —Amy Bishop-Wycisk, Trellis Literary Management
“Be a good literary citizen!” —Kate McMullen, Hub City Press
“Everybody is in transition — everybody is constantly moving through life and changing in various ways.” —Edward Underhill
“[J]ust as mind and body are one, so are content and form, substance and structure.” —Henry Lien
“Trust that the reader gets it and move on!”
—Ashley Lopez, Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents
“My dog, Goatmaster General, has an Instagram account, and she wants everyone to follow her.” —Shawn Collins
“The only way to get back to [writing] flow is to uncover the source of the block.” —Stacey Swann
“You can’t game your way into an agent or a publishing deal. The manuscript is everything; focus on the writing.” —Christopher Combemale, Sterling Lord Literistic
“I always ask writers if they want to write a book or if they want to publish one – one is a matter of hard work and discipline, and the other launches you into small-scale entrepreneurship.” —Clare Mao, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates