Literal Media is the new face of one of the largest and oldest managers of literary properties in the world.  We own or represent thousands of novels, novellas, short stories, plays, poems and screenplays. The company's history is filled with some of the most recognizable literary names including many Noble and Pulitzer Prize winners and notable authors Noel Coward, William Faulkner, Zane Grey, Oscar Hammerstein, W. Somerset Maugham, Eugene O'Neill, George Bernard Shaw, Preston Sturges, Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams and William Butler Yeats.  The Company has also accumulated one of the most important collections of original manuscripts in world, spanning the history of American Theatre from 1789 to 1974.

Today, Literal Media develops and places the literary properties of its clients for motion pictures, television, theatre, publishing, and new media around the world. Our current authors include: Rachel Crothers, author of Susan and God, Shirley Jackson, author of "The Lottery", Damon Runyon, author of the stories underlying Guys and Dolls, Maurine Dallas Watkins, author of the play Chicago, Robb White, author of Deathwatch, and Cornell Woolrich, author of "Rear Window".