Laura Nolan

Laura Nolan appears in Inside a BOOK auction as one of the literary agents helping Planet Money turn a book possibility into a sellable publishing project. Alongside [[JaneVonMehren|Jane von Mehren]], she explains the agent role: shaping the idea, preparing publishers, arranging meetings, running the auction, and taking a commission from the resulting deal.

In the source, Nolan’s work is part of Literary Agent Market Making. She and Jane do not simply wait for publishers to discover the project; they seed interest through lunches, drinks, meetings, publisher selection, and auction design.

Key Claims

• Nolan treated Planet Money as a proven audience platform, not only as a source of book ideas.
• She helped broaden the concept from narrow pamphlets into a field guide to the global economy.
• She helped run the two-round email auction that produced 16 first-round bids.

Connections

• [[JaneVonMehren|Jane von Mehren]] - co-agent in the source.
• Alex Goldmark and Alex Maiassi - author-side collaborators.
• NPR and Planet Money - client and show context.
• Literary Agent Market Making, Book Proposal As Sales Document, and Publishing Auction Design - main concepts tied to her role.