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He negotiated terms between McGinniss and accused killer Jeffrey MacDonald, later convicted, for the true-crime classic Fatal Vision. He found a publisher for Nicholas Pileggis mob story Wiseguy and helped arrange the deal for its celebrated film adaptation, Goodfellas., In the early 1960s, Viking had asked Mr. Lord to get a blurb from Kerouac for One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Keseys first and best-known novel. Kerouac declined, but Lord was so impressed by the book that he ended up representing Kesey for his next work, Sometimes a Great Notion.. Sterling Lord, the literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouacs On the Road and over the following decades arranged deals for a roster of clients that ranged from true-crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, died Sept. 3 at a nursing home in Ocala, Fla., on his 102nd birthday. After serving in the Army Air Force during World War II, Lord co-owned the Germany-based magazine Weekend, which soon folded. I decided to go home, he told the AP in 2013. He was alert to new trends and an early ambassador for a revolutionary cultural movement: the Beats. Lord had met many agents during his magazine years and believed they failed to understand that the American public was becoming more urban and sophisticated. His upbringing, he would later write, was the kind of pleasant, orderly world the Beats were trampling on in the fifties and sixties.. He had just turned 102. First, Im interested in good writing. Sept. 4, 2022 2:05 PM PT. Sterling Lord (September 3, 1920 September 3, 2022) was an American literary agent, editor, and author. He also prided himself on his sympathy for writers who lived much wilder lives than he did. Visiting Ken Keseys farm just outside Eugene, Ore., Mr. Lord fell off a wagon while tossing hay. Many of Mr. Lords biggest books Peter Gents North Dallas Forty, Bill Nacks Secretariat, Pete Axthelms The City Game grew out of that sports world. Books and tennis were lifelong passions for Lord, who was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1920. Fame increased the problem with alcohol they killed him in 1969. Kerouac declined, but Lorde was so impressed with the book that he ended up pitching Kesey for his next work, Sometimes a Big Idea. Even younger editors who could relate to Kerouacs jazzy celebration of youth and personal freedom turned him down. He had just turned 102. His first marriage, he would acknowledge, helped inspire him to go into business for himself. In 1957, the book was released, The New York Times raved and On the Road soon entered the American canon. After serving in the Army Air Force during World War II, Lord co-owned the Germany-based magazine Weekend, which soon folded. He also became a tennis singles champ in 1937 and 1938 and was ranked nationally in both the Boys and Juniors Divisions. Sterling Lord, who started his own agency in 1952 and later merged with rival Literistic to form Sterling Lord Literistic Inc., was a failed magazine publisher who became, almost surely, the longest-serving agent in the book business. "Tony" Avila, 35 of Sterling died Sunday January 15, 2023. The baby in the group was the political analyst Jeff Greenfield. He stayed with the company he founded until he was nearly 100 and then decided to launch a new one. Kerouac declined, but Lord was so impressed by the book that he ended up representing Kesey for his next work, Sometimes a Great Notion.. He had a good death and died peacefully of old age, she told the Associated Press. And third, Ive been able to meet some extraordinarily interesting people.. In his 2013 memoir Lord of Publishing, Lord remembered first meeting Kerouac in 1952. He just turned 102 years old. Cynthia L. Dale Born: June 20, 1954 in Louisville, KY Died: March 2, 2023 in Sterling, IL Cynthia L. Dale, age 68, of Sterling, died Thursday, March 2, 2023 at her home. In a 1983 article in The Globe and Mail of Toronto, Mr. Colbert said that it was to him that Mr. Giroux had sent Kerouac, and that it was he who had first spotted him an imperfect body with neck too long and legs too short in the office doorway. Mr. Lord embraced Merry Pranksters and mobsters as well as more conventional types. Second, I am interested in new and good ideas. The list of well-known writers he represented is long. He negotiated the terms between McGinnis and the accused killer Geoffrey McDonald, later convicted, for the true crime classic Fatal Vision. FILE - In this Jan. 8 2013 file photo, literary agent Sterling Lord speaks during an interview in his New York office. A native of Miami, FL. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file). Representatives for the former president informed Lord in the late 1960s that Johnson wanted $1 million for the book and that Mr. Lord should accept less than his usual commission for the honor of working with him. In his 2013 memoir Lord of Publishing, Lord recalled his first meeting with Kerouac in 1952. But he was alert to new trends and an early ambassador for a revolutionary cultural movement: the Beats. Leave your condolences and send flowers to the family to show you care. Published Sept. 5, 2022 6:11 a.m. PDT. Jo enjoyed her employment with Shaw Newspaper for 32 years, working from receptionist Read More, Steven E. Moeller Born: January 3, 1956 in Dixon, IL Died: January 8, 2023 in Sterling, IL Steven E. Moeller, age 67, of Sterling, died Sunday, January 8, 2023 at The Citadel of Sterling. He negotiated terms between McGinniss and accused killer Jeffrey MacDonald, later convicted, for the true crime classic Fatal Vision. He found a publisher for Nicholas Pileggis mob story Wiseguy and helped arrange the deal for its celebrated film adaptation, Goodfellas., In the early 1960s, Viking had asked Lord to get a blurb from Kerouac for One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Keseys first and most famous novel. Lord would also speak proudly of a project he turned down: a memoir of Lyndon Johnson. Returning to the US, he worked as an editor for True and Cosmopolitan magazine, from which he was fired, before founding the Sterling Lord Literary Agency. Books and tennis were lifelong passions. Mr. Lord oversaw Kerouacs numerous posthumous releases even as he battled the authors family for control of the estate. Even younger editors who may have related to Kerouacs jazzy celebration of youth and personal freedom turned him down. She married James D. Anderson on November Read More, Dale Sugars Born: March 11, 1944 in Walnut, IL Died: February 11, 2023 in Sterling, IL Dale Sugars, 78 of Sterling, died Sautrday February 11, 2023. Twitter. Grief Support. Kerouac already had completed a conventional novel, The Town and the City, but had no agent and needed one for his next book: On the Road was typed, as Lord was among the first to know, on a 120-foot scroll of architectural tracing paper., Lord believed that Kerouac had a fresh, distinctive voice that should be heard. But the industry was not in the mood. Lord had met many agents during his years at the magazine and believed that they failed to understand that the American public was becoming increasingly urban and sophisticated. Another was Rowland Barber, who helped the silent Marx brother write Harpo Speaks!. Mr. Lord attended Kerouacs funeral, sharing a limousine ride with his client Jimmy Breslin and standing by the grave alongside poet Allen Ginsberg. Lord would also speak proudly of a project he declined: Lyndon Johnsons memoir. Fill in some information about your loved one, and we'll generate some text that you can use as a starting point for your online memorial. It was an amazing moment, recalled Mr. Pileggi, the author of Wise Guy, a book for which Mr. Lord hatched the idea, and which Martin Scorsese adapted for the 1990 movie Goodfellas. Here we were, all at an advanced age, and we were still the kids Sterling was helping.. Joe McGinniss, for whom Mr. Lord handled the celebrated 1969 study of the marketing of Richard M. Nixon, The Selling of the President 1968, said in an interview for this obituary in 2013, a year before he himself died: Sterlings career encapsulated the rise and fall of literary nonfiction in post-World War II America. Rarely, he boasted, did he scour for clients, let alone steal them as others were increasingly wont to do. The Plain Dealer Homepage . He didnt bother to attend a special screening, citing mixed early reviews, and didnt show up for a private party for the film. Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe. Lord had met many agents during his magazine years and believed they failed to understand that the American public was becoming more urban and sophisticated. Mr. Lord was a fledgling Manhattan literary agent in 1952 when, by his account, Kerouac walked timidly into his office, a basement studio on East 36th Street, just off Park Avenue. Lord was married four times and had one child, Rebecca. Lord died Saturday in a nursing home in Ocala, Florida, according to his daughter, Rebecca Lord. The agent eventually sold excerpts to the Paris Review and the periodical New World Writing. . First of all, I am interested in good writing. Lord died Saturday, Sept 3, 2022 in a Skilled Nursing home in Ocala, Florida, according to his daughter, Rebecca Lord. For more than 60 years he was one of New Yorks most successful and durable literary agents, representing Jimmy Breslin, Art Buchwald, Willie Morris, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Howard Fast, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gordon Parks, Edward M. Kennedy, Robert S. McNamara and the Berenstain Bears, among many others. He was born on May 14, 1995 in Sterling, the son of Kelly G. and Stephanie L. (Hicks) Schultz. Representatives of the former president informed Lord in the late 1960s that Johnson wanted $1 million for the book and that Lord should accept less than his usual commission for the honor of working with him. She was one of seven children born January 11, 1936 in Sterling Read More, Carol Brainerd Born: January 11, 1942 in Dixon, Il Died: January 6, 2023 in Oregon, IL Carol H. Brainerd went home to be with Jesus on January 6, 2023 at the Serenity Hospice House in Oregon, IL. Sterling Lord, enduring literary agent, dies at 102 Beloved husband of JoAnne and devoted and loving father of Tamara (Raymond). Representatives for the former president informed Lord in the late 1960s that Johnson wanted $1 million for the book and that Lord should accept less than his usual commission for the honor of working with him. He had just turned 102. But he was alert to new trends and an early ambassador for a revolutionary cultural movement: the Beats. Its the first time Ive ever seen you when you werent in total control, Kesey, for whom Mr. Lord represented his now-classic novel One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, later told him. He also became a tennis star at Grinnell College, and later a good enough player to compete against Don Budge, among others. Sterling . Funeral services will be held 11:00 am, February 22, 2022 at the Val Verda 1st Ward Chapel, 2633 S. 50 W., Bountiful, UT. She married Read More, Jo Anne Mills Born: May 20, 1946 in Hinsdale, IL Died: January 15, 2023 in Sterling, IL Jo Anne Mills, 76, of Dixon, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2023, surrounded by her family and friends. Interment will be at the Bountiful City . An editor from Viking Press contacted Lord, offering an advance of $900. Johnsons The Vantage Point, ultimately published in 1971, was dismissed by critics as bland and uninformative. As a matter of longevity, at least, . One editor wrote to Lord that Kerouac does have enormous talent of a very special kind. Lord even recruited a doctor who attempted to get Kerouac to clean up, but the businessman eventually backed away because he was his literary agent, not his life agent., Lord attended Kerouacs funeral, sharing a limousine ride with his client Jimmy Breslin and standing by the grave alongside Allen Ginsberg, the sunlight filtering through the trees, the leaves brown after losing their fall colors.. Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and over the following . With rare persistence, he endured the initial unwillingness of publishers to take on Kerouacs unorthodox narrative and was later the longtime agent for poet and playwright Amiri Baraka, novelist Ken Kesey and poet and City Lights bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He had just turned 102. On September 3, 2022, star literary agent and book enthusiast, Sterling Lord, passed away at the age of 102 in Ocala, . GEORGE NICHOLSON Obituary (2015) - New York, NY - New York Times But this is not a well-made novel, nor a salable one nor even, I think, a good one.. Lord was born in Burlington, Iowa,[1][2] on September 3, 1920. Lord held out $1,000. About 10 years ago Sterling Lord invited four long-term clients of his for lunch at the Regency Hotel in New York. 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