Alex Lee Agency ALA

2004년 신원 에이전시 입사.

입사 6개월 만에 호아킴 데 포사다의 <마시맬로 이야기>를 13만불에 한국경제신문사와 계약하여 베스트셀러 진입. 한국에서만 3백만 부 판매.

2006년 The Wylie Agency의 독점 에이전트로 선정되어, 2011년 The Wylie Agency가 전세계 직접 관리 체제로 바뀔 때까지 밀란쿤데라, 밥 딜런, 이탈로 칼비노, 수잔 손탁, 리사 랜들, 솔 벨로우, 오르한 파묵 등 노벨상수상작 작가 500명 독점 계약 관리.

민음사 출간 <THE END OF MEN(남자의 종말)> by Hanna Rosin 한국편 사례자로 책의 일부가 되기도 함.

2007년 레딕하우스 작가 및 번역가 레지던스 프로그램(Ledig House Writers & Translators’ Residence Program)에 한국 번역가부분 선정, 미란다 줄라이의 <아무도 너보다 더 여기 속한 사람은 없어> 문학동네 출간 번역가로 참여 및 체류

반스앤노블의 한국 시장 마케팅 컨설턴트로 2년간 일함.

2009년 7월 밀크우드 에이전시 로고디자인 및 기획 설계 후 창업

2004

Started to work in Shinwon Agency in 2004.

Within six months of joining the company, I landed Joachim de Posada's <DON'T EAT THE MARSHMALLOWS YET> for $130,000 contract with the Korea Economic Daily. This title became a bestseller, sold 3 million copies in Korea.

2006-2011

Became the Wylie Agency’s exclusive Korean agent from 2006-2011 until The Wylie Agency decided to operate directly in all territories in 2012

2009-2021

I created Milkwood Agency and started to represent Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Randomhouse Group US and Melanie Jackson agency as well as the Wylie agency exclusively.

I was featured in Hanna Rosin’s book named <The End of Men> as one of her Korean interviewees. This book was published by Minimsa Publishing Group.

2008

Selected by Ledig House Writers and Translators Residence Program as the translator for <NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU> by Miranda July and stayed for 2 weeks at the residence with other writers and translators. It was published by Munhakdongne Publishing Group next year. I also translated Amanda Fillipacchi’s novel LOVE CREEPS into Korean and mediated the deal for Jakkajungshin publisher.

2011-2012 Also worked as a marketing consultant for Barnes & Noble's Korean market.

2007

Worked as the founding contributor of the Kyobobookstore’s online newsletter for its C-suite level subscribers named ‘Bookmorning CEO’. I wrote about what US and UK business people read so that they gain insights and wisdom on what to read. I was the first person that introduced <THE SCHOOL OF LIFE London>, a new concept school invented by Alain de Botton, then her exclusive client via the newsletter in the Bookmorning CEO and the series became a huge seller.

Co-ordinated the invitation of Alain de Botton to Naver’s Bundang headquarter for their employees’ class. I worked as his agent, personal assistant and translator for all of his arrangements in Korea.

I and he talked about love and marriage and how most working women’s marriage lives are so doomed in Korea during a short break before his speech in their auditorium, it later became the stepping stone for his co-authored work named <THE FOUNDATION OF LOVE> written by Jeong Yi Hyun, the Korean female novelist.

I also co-worked on the book idea of writing an autobiography to The Wylie Agency’s client Jeannie Suk, the Korean- American Harvard law tenure. I landed a 6-figure advance for a two-book deal pre-emptively with the Wylie Agency’s James Pullen. It became a very successful textbook for all the ambitious and intelligent young Korean women thanks to her Korean publisher, Bookhouse Publishing, a house full of such inspiring writers both domestically and globally.

2018

Added 17 more imprints of PenguinRandomhouse Publishing Group to the exclusive client list.

Selected as board member of Art Omi for co-ordinating Writers and Translators Residence Program in Korean territory.

2022

became the exclusive agent for Sourcebooks US children’s side and nonfictions

2024, ALA became the exclusive agent for all imprints of Penguin Random House US. On March 1, 2024, ALA became the exclusive agent of nonfiction titles published by Penguin Books Australia and all imprints of SOURCEBOOKS fiction and nonfictions/ Callisto Publishing

Penguinrandomhouse Publishing Group의 대표 비즈니스 분야 브랜드 Portfolio 및 다른 임프린트들 독점 관리.

알랭 드 보통의 독점 에이전트로, <스쿨 오브 라이프(The School of Life London)>를 최초로 교보문고 북모닝CEO에 소개함.

(북모닝CEO의 최초기고자로, 2년간 해외신간정보 뉴스레터 기고)

2011년 네이버 분당사옥에서 알랭 드 보통 초청 직원대상 강연 수행통역 및 행사 조율

문학동네 출간작 <사랑의 기초(The Foundation of Love)>정이현 작가 공저 기획 제안 및 출간 독점 에이전트

석지영 (미국명 Jeannie Suk) 하버드대 로스쿨 교수 전기 기획 및 계약 출간 독점 에이전트 (북하우스 출판사에서 출간)

스쿨 오브 라이프(The School of Life) 시리즈 전체 미래엔과 독점 계약

2018년 Penguinrandomhouse Group 18개 임프린트 독점 체결

2020 문학동네 최정화 작가의 <흰도시 이야기> 수출 계약. 미국 Restlessbooks 체결

미국과 독일문화계 협연의 뉴욕소재 예술 및 문학 레지던스 프로그램인 ART OMI의 작가 레지던스 프로그램 한국 이사로 선정

2021년 10월 미국 Sourcebooks 독점계약 체결 및 Chris Ferrie 박사의 아동 유아용 과학 시리즈 전집 계약 체결

2021년 12월 Zando와 독점 에이전트 계약 체결