Esther Newberg is an American

United States

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 literary agent

Literary agent

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 and former aide to Senator

United States Senate

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 Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also referred to by his initials RFK, was an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family, he was a younger brother of President John F...

 during his 1968 presidential campaign

United States presidential election, 1968

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.

Political career

Newberg attended Wheaton College

Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

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, and joined Senator Robert F. Kennedy's staff in 1968. She was also a member of the presidential campaign staffs of Senator Edmund Muskie

Edmund Muskie

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 and Representative Mo Udall

Mo Udall

Morris King "Mo" Udall was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961 to May 4, 1991...

. She was one of the 6 "Boiler Room Girls

Boiler Room Girls

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" who socialised with a group of married men, including Ted Kennedy, on the evening of Mary Jo Kopechne

Mary Jo Kopechne

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's death.

Literary agent

Newberg is the senior vice president at International Creative Management

International Creative Management

International Creative Management is a talent and literary agency with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and London. ICM is a full-service agency representing creative and technical talent in the fields of motion pictures, television, fiction and nonfiction publishing, music, live performance,...

, a talent agency in New York

New York

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. She has represented author

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s such as Carl Hiaasen

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 (Skinny Dip) and Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell

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 (Trace

Trace (novel)

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), Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman

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, Michael Beschloss

Michael Beschloss

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 and Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy

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. The New York Post

New York Post

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called her "one of the most powerful agents in the literary world."