Ted Weinstein

President, Ted Weinstein Literary Management

Ted Weinstein is a 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. Also a widely published author, he has been the music critic for NPR’s “All Things Considered” and a commentator for the San Francisco Chronicle and many other periodicals.
Ted represents a broad range of academics, journalists and other authors of serious nonfiction, including:
– Stanford mathematician and NPR’s “”Math Guy,”” Keith Devlin
– NY Times bestselling author of THE CULT OF MAC and INSIDE STEVE’S BRAIN, Leander Kahney
– Historian and Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Marc Levinson, author of THE BOX: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, and THE GREAT A&P AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SMALL BUSINESS IN AMERICA
– Stanford psychologist Kelly McGonigal, author of the forthcoming THE WILLPOWER INSTINCT
– Dave Eggers’ 826 Valencia writing centers
– Bestselling visual thinking expert Dan Roam, author of THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN and BLAH BLAH BLAH: WHAT TO DO WHEN WORDS DON’T WORK
– HP Labs economist Kay-Yut Chen, author of SECRETS OF THE MONEYLAB: HOW BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS CAN IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS
– Investor and economic commentator Eric Janszen, author of THE POSTCATASTROPHE ECONOMY: Rebuilding America and Avoiding the Next Bubble
– Futurist Sonia Arrison, author of the recent bestseller 100 PLUS: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith

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 frequently profiled and quoted in media stories about the publishing business. More information about his agency is available at www.twliterary.com.