Owen Laster, Literary Agent, Dies At Age 72

Owen Laster, Literary Agent, Dies At Age 72

Laster was the first agent to take interest in my fiction. I was in grad school, had published literary short fiction, was working on a novel THE IDAHO BLUES and he loved my early chapters. Alas, I got stuck (the idea later became my 1974 Roll of Honor story The Idaho Jacket) and ended up changing my emphasis from fiction to theater and got my MFA in playwriting, not novel writing. Sometimes wonder how my career would have been different etc etc etc until I realize those kind of mind games bring no rewards and possible false grief. But I have fond memories of Laster for his early encouragement of my writing.