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Ted Weinstein is an AAR-member literary agent with broad experience on both the business and editorial sides of publishing. Before founding his agency in 2001 he held senior positions in licensing, marketing, publicity and business development with several major publishing companies. Also a widely published author, Ted has been the music critic for NPR's All Things Considered and a commentator for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Bay Guardian, SF Weekly and Might Magazine.

Ted received his B.A. cum laude in philosophy from Yale College and his Master's degree in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management. He is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, the Authors Guild, the Northern California Science Writers Association, and the Organization of American Historians, and he is on the board of directors of GreenInfo Network.

He is frequently profiled and quoted in media stories about the publishing business, including these pieces from CNet, the Chicago Sun-Times, Dallas Morning News, Publishing Trends, Boston Globe, Mediabistro, the ASJA Monthly (PDF), SFist.com, Writers Market, Absolute Write, Writers Digest ( 1 2 ) and frequent appearances in the San Francisco Chronicle ( 1 2 3 ) and on public radio's Marketplace program ( 1 2 3 4 ).

In addition, you can listen to audio recordings of some of Ted's recent workshops: "Book Proposal Bootcamp" and "The Business of Publishing."

Ted speaks to authors at a wide range of writers conferences and programs, including the 826 Valencia writing centers, the San Francisco Writers Conference, the Science Communication Program at the University of California Santa Cruz, American Society of Journalists and Authors conference, the Pacific Northwest Writers conference, the Writers' League of Texas conference, and many more.