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About Martha Jewett
"Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost."—Henry James
EXPERIENCE
An independent literary agent and editorial consultant specializing in best-selling and high-impact business books, Martha works out of her home office in Pine Brook, New Jersey. Martha's experience in business book publishing includes executive editorial positions at John Wiley & Sons, HarperBusiness, and McGraw-Hill, where she won the McGraw-Hill Award for Editorial Excellence. She was responsible for originating the "Tips and Traps" series (over 1 million copies sold) and for acquiring and developing classic titles such as Graham & Dodd's Security Analysis, fifth edition, SPIN® Selling and Major Account Sales Strategy by Neil Rackham, The Analysis and Use of Financial Statements, and Power and Accountability by Robert A. G. Monks and Nell Minow.
EDUCATION
She graduated from Smith College with a B.A. in history and from Dana Hall School in Wellesley, MA. She attended the Radcliffe Publishing Course and studied for an MBA at New York University.
INSIGHT INTO MARTHA
She lived in Venezuela and Japan when she was young, and is fluent in Spanish. She likes to take long walks and raises money on The Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk and other charity walks. She has practiced yoga since a teenager.
BESTSELLERS
Martha represents the Business Week, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-seller The Starbucks Experience and the Wall Street Journal best-seller The Six Fundamentals of Success by Stuart R. Levine (2004), and acquired, developed, and published the national best-sellers Cut to the Chase by Stuart R. Levine (2006), Faster Company: Building the World's Nuttiest Turn-on-a-Dime, Home-Grown Billion Dollar Business by Pat Kelly with John Case (1998) and If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold by Michael St. Lawrence and Steve Johnson (1997).
NOTABLE BACKLIST Series Originator (over 1 million copies have been sold in the series): For more information, please see Title List. |
