Agent Profile

Drew Nederpelt grew up in Toronto, Amsterdam and Zurich and spoke three languages by age 13. He was first introduced to the agenting business when he had the opportunity to write a book with NBC reporter Ashleigh Banfield about 9/11 and the journalist’s travels to Afghanistan, the Middle East and beyond. After experiencing several high-powered New York agents, Drew realized there was an opportunity for a literary agency that was first and foremost a sales organization, and so, after working for a venerable Manhattan agency in 2002, Nederpelt founded Metropol Literary, dedicated to exposing and educating, entertaining and revealing.

As the principal of Metropol Literary, which also has a west coast office that brokers Metropol projects to the film industry, Drew has overseen the growth of his company to five agents and project sales that average one every three weeks. With such high-profile clients as The Agassi family, CNN s Ali Velshi and the man who emerged from a 19-year coma, Terry Wallis, (the story of which Metropol sold to Scott Bakula Productions and Paramount Pictures), the agency prides itself on never having had to return a project to an author.

Says the founder, “We only take on projects that we ourselves would want to read and that we fully appreciate, and we have the entire publishing industry on speed-dial, not just the ones we went to NYU with.”

Nederpelt is also a member of The Author s Guild.

Metropol Literary is a Manhattan and Beverly Hills literary agency devoted to exposing and educating, entertaining and revealing. While they do represent intelligent, well-written fiction, Metropol is primarily interested in non-fiction sports, celebrity, pop culture and current affairs including all biography, authorized or objective.

Metropol is also interested in books with an emphasis on prescriptive (books that offer a solution to a problem), expose` and non-fiction narrative. Books that offer an insider’s perspective to a unique environment (i.e. The Nanny Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, How To Lose Friends And Alienate People) are also sought.

Metropol Literary adheres to the ethical standards of the Canon of the Association of Authors’ Representatives.

He will be taking agent appointments in the South Ballroom during the conference.