Rob Kirkpatrick is a literary agent with Kirkpatrick Literary. Before founding his own agency in 2019, he was an agent with The Stuart Agency. He has placed projects at major publishers for such authors as All-Star pitcher and MLB mental performance coach Bob Tewksbury; national MLB columnist and analyst Scott Miller; MMA competitor/analyst and Celebrity Apprentice cast member Chael Sonnen; The PlayersÕ Tribune senior editor Mark Beech; Pat Garofalo of U.S. News & World Report; Golden Globe-winning actor Olivia Hussey; and the hosts of The SkepticsÕ Guide to the Universe; to name a few. His areas include big-platform memoir, biography, history, sports, music, pop culture, pop science, and currents events/culture wars.
Rob joined The Stuart Agency after working as a senior editor at both ÒBig FiveÓ and indie publishing houses. Titles he published include Kent HartmanÕs The Wrecking Crew; Bryan BishopÕs Shrinkage; Viv AlbertineÕs Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.; Charles Falco and Kerrie DrobanÕs Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws; Alex StorozynskiÕs The Peasant Prince; Leigh Steinberg and Michael ArkushÕs The Agent; Dan EpsteinÕs Big Hair and Plastic Grass; Dennis DunawayÕs and Chris HodenfieldÕs Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!; David SilvermanÕs Fighting God; KennedyÕs The Kennedy Chronicles; Art GarnerÕs Black Noon; David de SolaÕs Alice in Chains: The Untold Story; Linda CohnÕs Cohn-Head; Shannon Miller and Danny PearyÕs ItÕs Not About Perfect; and Jerry Rice and Randy WilliamsÕ 50 Years, 50 Moments. Rob completed a PhD in English and also has written a few books.