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After completing his doctorate in English Literature, Chris began his publishing career in 1978 at Random House as a College Sales Representative. He later moved into editorial there in 1984 when he became College History Editor at the Random House imprint Alfred A. Knopf (now Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group), during which time he worked alongside James McPherson, John Hope Franklin, R.R. Palmer, Frank Freidel, Alan Brinkley, and James West Davidson.<\/p>\n

Chris joined Yale University Press in 2009 and worked as Editorial Director and Executive History Editor until 2016 when he retired from editorial and started agenting at the Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency, where he currently represents non-fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-915390","agent","type-agent","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nChris Rogers, Literary Agent \u2013 All You Need To Know | Jericho Writers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/our-services\/agentmatch\/literary-agent\/chris-rogers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Rogers – Jericho Writers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After completing his doctorate in English Literature, Chris began his publishing career in 1978 at Random House as a College Sales Representative. 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