Mark Gottlieb EVP and Literary Agent at Trident Media Group

Mark Gottlieb EVP and Literary Agent at Trident Media Group Trident Media Group EVP and literary agent Mark Owen Gottlieb works at publishing's leading literary agency Trident Media Group in New York City.

He is highly ranked in book deals and is actively building his client list of authors. Mark Gottlieb is a senior vice president and prominent literary agent working at book publishing’s leading literary agency Trident Media Group in New York City. He has ranked highly among literary agents across the industry for overall number of deals and other individual categories. While at Trident Media Group

, Mark Gottlieb has represented New York Times bestselling authors as well as major award-winning authors. He has optioned and sold numerous books to production companies and studios for film and TV adaptation. Mark Gottlieb greatly enjoys working with authors to help manage and grow their careers with the resources available at Trident Media Group. In addition to having worked at the company’s Foreign Rights Department, he also ran the company’s Audiobook Department. Utilizing his drive and intuition for discovering talented writers, he is currently expanding his client list of authors. As a literary agent he looks forward to bringing authors to the largest possible audience.

11/01/2025
🎉 Deal  #350! 🎉Thrilled to celebrate my 350th book deal — NYT bestselling duo Max Monroe’s ALEX HAWTHORNE IS A LIAR and ...
11/01/2025

🎉 Deal #350! 🎉

Thrilled to celebrate my 350th book deal — NYT bestselling duo Max Monroe’s ALEX HAWTHORNE IS A LIAR and HATTIE CLARKE IS A HOMEWRECKER to Blackstone Publishing in a six-figure deal.

Pitched as THINGS WE NEVER GOT OVER meets EVERY SUMMER AFTER.

✨ Deal  #350! ✨Thrilled to celebrate a major milestone with this 350th book deal!Congratulations to NYT bestselling duo ...
11/01/2025

✨ Deal #350! ✨
Thrilled to celebrate a major milestone with this 350th book deal!

Congratulations to NYT bestselling duo Max Monroe on their new two-book deal —
ALEX HAWTHORNE IS A LIAR and HATTIE CLARKE IS A HOMEWRECKER —
headed to Blackstone Publishing in a six-figure deal.

Pitched as Lucy Score’s THINGS WE NEVER GOT OVER meets Carley Fortune’s EVERY SUMMER AFTER, this Southern small-town romance follows a grieving woman who returns home and rekindles an old love—only to uncover a manuscript that threatens to unravel everything they once were.

Here’s to 350 deals and counting — and to the many incredible authors and partners who make it all possible. 🙌



Thrilled to announce that Jane Harrington will be the next speaker in the Anne & Edgar Basse Jr. Author Talk Series! An ...
11/01/2025

Thrilled to announce that Jane Harrington will be the next speaker in the Anne & Edgar Basse Jr. Author Talk Series! An incredible opportunity to gain insights and inspiration. Don’t miss it:

Jane Harrington, visiting assistant professor of English, will discuss her new book, “Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance: The Forgotten Founding Mothers of the Fairy Tale and the Stories That They …

🚨 Deal Announcement 🚨Thrilled to share news of a powerful new acquisition—THE ORISHA CYCLEby Nebula Award-winner & Hugo ...
10/31/2025

🚨 Deal Announcement 🚨
Thrilled to share news of a powerful new acquisition—

THE ORISHA CYCLE
by Nebula Award-winner & Hugo Award-finalist Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

📚 Pitched as Marlon James’s MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING meets N.K. Jemisin’s THE CITY WE BECAME, THE ORISHA CYCLE is set in a post-apocalyptic future shaped by Yoruba cosmology—where a lone girl defies extinction to become the first new god in millennia, reborn in blood and divine power to lead her people in reclaiming the world.

✨ Acquired by Shahid Mahmud at Caezik SF & Fantasy, represented by Mark Gottlieb at Trident Media Group (World English).

🌍 International & translation: [email protected]
📖 Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy



Our little plumber is having the best Halloween — Baby Ian as Mario! 🍄🎃❤️He might not have rescued Princess Peach yet, b...
10/31/2025

Our little plumber is having the best Halloween — Baby Ian as Mario! 🍄🎃❤️
He might not have rescued Princess Peach yet, but he did conquer every candy bowl in sight. When he’s not out saving the Mushroom Kingdom, you’ll find him curled up with his favorite books — still his #1 power-up! 📚✨

 #6 in paperback   on this week’s LA Times   list: The Myth of American Idealism by Noam Chomsky & Nathan J. Robinson (P...
10/31/2025

#6 in paperback on this week’s LA Times list: The Myth of American Idealism by Noam Chomsky & Nathan J. Robinson (Penguin) — a sharp look at the stories we tell about U.S. power and virtue. 📚🇺🇸

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

10/29/2025

Hooray! It's publication day for A SECRET IN TUSCANY!

It takes a huge team effort to bring books to readers. My deepest heartfelt thanks to Kensington Publishing Corp., John Scognamiglio, Trident Media Group - Literary Agency, and Mark Gottlieb EVP and Literary Agent at Trident Media Group!

10/29/2025

Check out all the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week. https://buff.ly/ba7Lho0

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Mark Gottlieb, Literary Agent

Mark Gottlieb is a literary agent at Trident Media Group in New York City. He ranks highly among literary agents in overall deals and other categories. With that insight and initiative, he is actively building his client list of new authors. He manages and grows author careers at publishing's leading agency. One of his core values is helping writers realize their book publishing dreams. This is all while ensuring their enjoyment of the book publishing experience. Since his time at Trident Media Group, he has represented New York Times bestselling, as well as award-winning authors. He has also optioned and sold books to film and TV companies. He meets with major studios, producers, agencies and managers to pitch books to them. He previously ran Trident Media Group's Audiobook Department. In that role he helped the Audiobook Department more than double its sales revenue in number of audiobook deals and amount of money for audiobook deals. Prior to that he served as Executive Assistant to the literary agency's Chairman. Before that he worked in Foreign Rights. There he worked closely with the Director of the department, in seeing books sold to foreign publishers from around the world. He continues to work in the area of foreign rights. He continually attends the major international book fairs. This is in addition to meeting with foreign book publishers throughout the year.Prior to his time at the agency, he worked in Production at Penguin Books, handling production for various book imprints. He attended Emerson College where he obtained a degree in Writing, Literature and Publishing. He was a founding member of the Undergraduate Students for Publishing and later served as the organization’s President. He is actively seeking submissions in all categories. He is looking forward to bringing new authors to the curious minds of their future readers.