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Best known under the name Scott Meredith, this prolific literary agent also wrote fiction and became linked with classic science fiction anthologies. His career bridged publishing hustle and genre storytelling in a way that still feels vivid today.
Born Arthur Scott Feldman in New York City in 1923, he became widely known as Scott Meredith. Sources consistently describe him as a prominent American literary agent and the founder of the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, with a long list of well-known clients that included writers such as Norman Mailer, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, and P. G. Wodehouse.
He also wrote and edited work of his own. In audiobook and public-domain catalogs, Arthur Feldman is connected with Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales and The Mathematicians, showing his place not just in the business side of books but in mid-century science fiction as well.
Feldman died in 1993. While much of his reputation comes from his role in publishing, the record around his fiction makes him an interesting figure for listeners who enjoy the overlap between classic sci-fi, anthology culture, and the behind-the-scenes world of authors and agents.