11 Facts About Sterling Lord

Sterling Lord was an American literary agent, editor, and author.

Sterling Lord's clients included Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Howard Fast, Jimmy Breslin, and Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Sterling Lord's father, named Sterling, was an executive at the Leopold Desk Company in Burlington who worked as a bookbinder.

Sterling Lord became a tennis singles champ in 1937 and 1938 and was ranked nationally in both the Boys and Juniors Divisions.

Sterling Lord studied English at Grinnell College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1942.

The Army discontinued the magazine in 1948, but Sterling Lord co-owned it as a private publication for a year afterwards.

Sterling Lord then moved to New York City and entered the publishing industry.

Sterling Lord's other noted clients included Jimmy Breslin, Ken Kesey with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, and political figures like John Sirica, Robert McNamara, and Ted Kennedy.

Five years later, during the coronavirus pandemic, Sterling Lord was profiled among other senior New Yorkers in The New York Times.

The article reported that Sterling Lord was living in a Lower Manhattan home for seniors, and he was starting a new literary agency at 99 years old.

Sterling Lord died in Ocala, Florida, on September 3,2022, his 102nd birthday.