Kevin O’Connor is a literary agent with the O’Connor Literary Agency. Since his first job out of college at Sesame Workshop, Kevin has always worked at the intersection of business and creative. He has hands-on experience in a variety of media: animation, live action TV, toys, live shows, music, educational apps, and Òthe sweetest plumÓ: t-shirts*. In addition to Sesame, heÕs worked for Fisher-Price, VTech, Kidz Bop, Barnes & Noble, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. HeÕs inked deals with Chrysler, Nestle, Pearson, and all the major publishers.As an agent, Kevin takes on serious adult nonfiction (Brian McCulloughÕs How the Internet Happened, Claude Andrew CleggÕs The Black President). On the adult fiction side, he represents Afghan and Iraq War Vet Adam Kovac (The Surge), as well as upcoming boks food writer Kristin Griffin (Irish Goodbye), award-winning TV writer Fracaswell Hyman (A Maze of Stunted Trees) and the acclaimed Colin Winnette (So You Think You Can Dance?).For middlegrade readers, heÕs the agent behind the Russell GinnsÕs Samantha Spinner series; Cas HymanÕs Mango Delight; and Steven B. FrankÕs Armstrong and Charlie. He reps the picturebooks Papa, Daddy & Riley by Seamus Kirst; Honeysmoke by Monique Fields; and A Is for Audra by John Robert Allman, illustrated by Peter Emmerich.He is a Columbia College grad and the founding director of The Center for Nonfiction, a Columbia University Community Scholars Project dedicated to helping journalists and scholars understand the formal needs of trade publishers.