Lucas Hunt is a literary agent with Orchard Literary. He studied English and Journalism at the University of Iowa, wrote for The Daily Iowan newspaper, and attended the Poetry WriterÕs Workshop. He received an MFA from Southampton College, published two volumes of poetry, won a John Steinbeck Award, and founded Hunt & Light. Prior to becoming Agency Director at Orchard Literary, Hunt was a rights manager and agent at the Philip Spitzer Literary Agency. He cultivated the careers of best-selling authors Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, Andre Dubus III, and Simon Van Booy. HuntÕs writing has appeared in The New York Times, East Hampton Star, Fiction Writers Review, Slice, and Catapult, among others.