Deidre Knight is a literary agent with The Knight Agency. Deidre established The Knight Agency in 1996 after working in film and television. In the years since that time, she has built a dynamic, bestselling client list, placing over a thousand titles in a broad range of categories, including womenÕs fiction, commercial fiction, fantasy, young adult, romance, LGBT, middle grade, memoir and nonfiction narrative, personal finance, business, true crime, sports, popular culture, self-help, religion, health, and parenting.Her recent sales include books placed with Penguin Putnam, Random House, St. MartinÕs, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic, HarperCollins, Harlequin, Thomas Nelson, and Avon. DeidreÕs clients have appeared on every major bestseller lists, including the New York Times, USA Today, PublisherÕs Weekly, Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times Bestseller Lists. Her authors have won countless awards, including the coveted RITA, the Gold Medallion, the Walden Books Award for Best New Author, and many others. SheÕs also a knitter, an amateur photographer, and an author who loves to spend time with her family.