Catherine
Lapautre
Agent
Managing Director
Literary agency
Representing mostly English-language publishers and agents for French-language rights, Michelle Lapautre Agency has been striving for the past fifty years to increase the presence of English-language authors in French-speaking countries.
The agency was founded in 1961 in New York by Georges Borchardt, in association with Michelle Lapautre based in Paris. In 1968, Michelle Lapautre Agency became fully independent. Michelle made it one of the most important French literary agencies. Her daughter Catherine Lapautre joined the agency in 1994 and took over its management after Michelle retired. Michelle, who passed away in January 2020, “contributed to raise the reputation of the profession, which is above all that of a ‘facilitator’” (Le Monde).
News
LET US DESCEND
Finaliste du Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine 2025
BIOLOGY LESSONS
“A quick, readable, and relevant novel.” ―Kirkus Reviews
THE SUNFLOWER BOYS
“That rarest phenomenon: a war novel that feels at once timeless and precisely of the moment…” —Washington Post
ANTHROPOLOGIE
Un roman sur “ceux qui sont apatrides par choix” (Courrier international)
à paraître en février 2026 chez L’Olivier
THE POUT-POUT FISH (2026)
upcoming film based on the children’s book by Deborah Diesen
GHOST TOWN
by Tom Perrotta, hailed as “the Steinbeck of Suburbia” (Time), “our Balzac of the burbs” (Chicago Sun-Times), and “an American Chekhov” (The New York Times)
Saga TWILIGHT
de Stephenie Meyer.
Édition collector 20ème anniversaire
avec jaspage
CHEVALIER CHOUETTE PRÉPARE NOËL
de Christopher Denise
paru en octobre 2025 chez Kaléidoscope
DEAR DEBBIE
by NYT Bestseller author Freida McFadden
To be published in January 2026 in the United-States
THE SHRINKING MAN
de Richard Matheson
Roman adapté en film par Jan Kounen (2025)
JASPER RABBIT’S CREEPY TALES!
New York Times bestseller
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
Les mémoires de Lidia Yuknavitch adaptés au cinéma par Kristen Stewart et ré-édités chez 10/18 en octobre 2025
Representations
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Adams Literary
(upon request)
The Fielding Agency
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
(upon request)
Raines & Raines
Jane Rotrosen Agency
(upon request)
OTHER ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
Team
Claire
de Robespierre
Agent
Contracts Director
Mathilde
Lamborot
Agent
Senior Rights Manager
(adult titles)
Philippine
Labreuil
Rights Assistant
(children/YA titles
& graphic novels)
Mathilde
Caër
Rights Manager
(reversions, renewals, permissions)
Stella
Jean-Baptiste
Accountant
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