Quick Facts
Biography
Byrd Leavell is a literary agent and partner with Scott Waxman at the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency.
Career
Leavell graduated from the University of Virginia and the Radcliffe Publishing Program. In 2012, he partnered with Scott Waxman to form the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency.
As a partner at the Waxman Leavell agency, he has overseen multiple New York Times bestsellers including #1 bestselling books Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern and I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max, which has sold 2 million copies since publication. Leavell also represents Rob Elliott, whose LOL series has sold more than 2.5 million copies. He also represented the anonymous Dutch novel Diary of an Oxygen Thief. Leavell also represents Cat Marnell, a former Lucky, XoJane and Vice blogger.
Selected clients
According to Publishers Weekly.