Harold Matson

About Harold Matson

Birth Day: February 26, 1898
Birth Place: Michigan
Died On: Jan 5, 1988 (age 89)
Birth Sign: Pisces

Harold Matson Net Worth

Harold Matson was born on February 26, 1898 in Michigan. Literary agent who helped launch and manage the careers of writers Evelyn Waugh, Herman Wouk, and Flannery O'Connor.

💰Harold Matson Net worth: $430.9 million

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About

Literary agent who helped launch and manage the careers of Writers Evelyn Waugh, Herman Wouk, and Flannery O'Connor.

Before Fame

He worked as a reporter in California, Hawaii and Arizona, later joining the McClure Newspaper syndicate, and then worked for a literary agency for six years before opening his own.

Trivia

He negotiated a $106,000 contract, a record sum at the time, for the paperback rights to Robert Ruark's Something of Value, and got Doubleday to agree to advance $20,000 to an unknown author working on their first book.

Family Life

He had two daughters and three sons with his wife Ann T. Matson.

Associated With

John Irving was just one of the many prominent authors signed to his literary agency.