Esther Newberg

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Esther Newberg is an American literary agent and former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign.^[1]

Political career

Newberg attended Wheaton College,^[2] and joined Senator Robert F. Kennedy's staff in 1968. She was also a member of the presidential campaign staffs of Senator Edmund Muskie and Representative Mo Udall. She was one of the 6 "Boiler Room Girls" who socialised with a group of married men, including Ted Kennedy, on the evening of Mary Jo Kopechne's death.^[3]

Literary agent

Newberg is the senior vice president at International Creative Management, a talent agency in New York. She has represented authors such as Carl Hiaasen (Skinny Dip) and Patricia Cornwell (Trace), Thomas Friedman, Michael Beschloss and Caroline Kennedy.^[4] The New York Post called her "one of the most powerful agents in the literary world."^[5]

References

↑ Who's who at the Kennedy inquest - time.com, September 5, 1969
↑ Wheaton College Honorary Degree Citations - Esther Newberg '63
↑ Mary Jo Kopechne - UPI.com
↑ New York Times, July 17, 2009
↑ New York Post, May 30, 2010

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