Kim Lombardini is a literary agent with the Philip Spitzer Literary Agency. She has worn many hats in the book and publishing world. Originally from Detroit, Kim began her career in books at Barnes & Noble, working her way up from part-time bookseller to Market Trainer for Community Relations Managers in OH, IN and MI. Random House hired Kim as a National Accounts Marketing Representative, where it was her job to hand-sell books to booksellers at both Barnes & Noble and Borders chains from Chicago to Cleveland. After a brief time working as Marketing Manager for Borders first Concept Store in Ann Arbor, MI, where she became the first bookseller trained to use Margaret AtwoodÕs brain-child the Long Pen (a remote book-signing robot), she wanted to get back to what she loved most: selling books to readers. Deciding sheÕd like to live in New York, she joined respected independent BookHampton on the East End of Long Island, where she spent the next six years selling, marketing and writing about books Ð and training others to do as well.
KimÕs life in books has allowed her to attend church with Rosa Parks, work with Maya Angelou, lunch with President Barack Obama, and talk books with a firmament of entertainment, literature and music stars and political leaders.