Association of Authors’ Representatives, Inc.

The Association of Author’s Representatives is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1991, which currently has more than 400 professional literary and dramatic agents as members. Agents must meet the AAR’s minimum experience requirements and agree to adhere to its Bylaws and Canon of Ethics. Members in the Literary Branch represent authors in all areas of publishing, including the granting of primary publishing rights, as well as subsidiary rights in their clients’ works. Agents in the Dramatic Branch represent playwrights and the rights to their plays.