Jennifer Gates is a literary agent and partner with Aevitas Creative Management. She has represented numerous New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors, among them Mira Bart—k, author of the bestselling and NBCC Award winner The Memory Palace and the forthcoming The Wonderling; Maya Soetoro-NgÕs Ladder to the Moon; Eva LongoriaÕs EvaÕs Kitchen; Thomas P.M. BarnettÕs The PentagonÕs New Map; and Chris GardnerÕs #1 New York Times bestseller The Pursuit of Happyness.Gates received her BA in Psychology from Wesleyan University and worked in social services before becoming an editor at a division of HarperCollins. She joined Zachary Shuster Harmsworth as an agent in 1997. Jennifer Gates is a Senior Partner with Aevitas and Director of Strategic Partnerships.Based in New York, Gates represents a range of nonfiction, including narrative and expert-driven works, memoir, current affairs, pop culture, as well as literary fiction and childrenÕs books.