Staff Bios

Theresa Park

Theresa Park

Theresa began her career as a literary agent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates in 1994. (Prior to that, she was an attorney at Cooley Godward, a Silicon Valley law firm.) She represents a mixture of plot-driven fiction and serious nonfiction. Some of her clients include Nicholas Sparks, Debbie Macomber, Emily Giffin, Laura Zigman, Linda Nichols, Robert Whitaker, Lee Silver, B.R. Myers, and Thomas Levenson. A graduate of U.C. Santa Cruz and Harvard Law School, she is married and has two children.
Abigail Koons

Abigail Koons

Abigail works with both emerging and established talent, representing projects about popular science, history, politics, current events and art, while her passion for travel also makes her a natural fit for adventure and travel narrative non-fiction. She is also enjoys reading commercial fiction, especially superb thrillers and mysteries. As the Foreign Rights Director, she continues to build on her prior experience with agent Nicholas Ellison, as well as her time with EF Education, a multinational corporation based in Sweden. Abigail is a graduate of Boston University. 
Emily Sweet

Emily Sweet

After five and a half years practicing law at King & Spalding in Washington DC, Emily joined the Park Literary Group as the Director of Business Affairs in early 2009. In addition to providing legal and business support to the agency, she also serves as the liaison to the film and media industries with the goal of helping our clients fully develop their careers. Emily does not represent clients for publishing, and does not accept queries. An avid reader of both non-fiction and fiction, particularly biographies, mysteries, and historical and contemporary fiction, she enjoys working in a creative industry. After receiving a B.A. in Political Science and Women’s Studies from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, Emily later earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law.
 

Peter Knapp

Peter joined the Park Literary Group in July 2011. He provides logistical and creative support to the staff and clients and enjoys reading a range of both literary and commercial fiction, with a particular interest in young-adult and middle-grade novels. Prior to joining Park Literary, he served as a story editor and literary consultant at Floren Shieh Productions, where he scouted literary properties for production companies to adapt to film. He graduated from New York University with a BA in Art History in May 2009.