Emma Dries is a literary agent at Triangle House Literary, a writer and an editor. She previously worked in editorial roles at Knopf, Doubleday and Ecco.
Case
Simon & Schuster defends approved AI tools for internal work. Literary agents want disclosure or a ban, while Kathleen Schmidt distinguishes writing publicity from administrative assistance.
Role at the time: Agent at Triangle House Literary, speaking to WIRED
Statement summary
Emma Dries, an agent at Triangle House Literary, told WIRED that a ban on AI tools would frankly be her preference and that, short of a ban, everybody should be communicating more.
“Short of these tools being banned, which would frankly be my preference ... everybody should be communicating more.”
The reference point is whether book publishers should use AI tools in their internal workflows. Dries says she would prefer the tools be banned and, short of that, wants publishers to communicate more, which sets out an ordered preference with a conditional fallback, so we labeled it Mixed or conditional. The closest competing label is Condemned, because a ban is her stated preference; she also says what should happen without one, so it loses.
Statement dates: October 9, 2026
Statement dates: October 9, 2026
Statement dates: October 9, 2026
Statement dates: October 9, 2026
