The Incidental Agent: How Former Gossip Columnist Doug Dechert Became a Can’t-Miss Literary Agent

The Incidental Agent: How Former Gossip Columnist Doug Dechert Became a Can’t-Miss Literary Agent
Doug Dechert at a gallery in New York on Dec. 9, 2022. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Dustin Bass
Updated:

Doug Dechert is a force of nature. His personality is as loud and bombastic as his blazers. After spending a decade writing for the famed Page Six gossip column of the New York Post, along with other publications such as the Daily Mail, the Star, and the National Enquirer, his personality and devil-may-care attitude are tailored perfectly for what he has candidly termed his “successful side hustle.”

Dechert has been representing literary talent of the conservative persuasion, who would otherwise go unnoticed ... or at least unpublished. He makes his home in New York—not the most welcoming of places for conservatives, especially those in the media. But the political climate within the publishing houses and media conglomerates of the Big Apple has been of little deterrence and hasn’t altered his success rate.

Dustin Bass
Dustin Bass
Author
Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the American Tales podcast, and co-founder of The Sons of History. He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.
Related Topics