Gray Tan is president of the Grayhawk Agency, which he built himself over the last few years, representing big sellers like The Kite Runner and The Memory Keeper's Daughter. He sums it up neatly: "What we do is similar to real estate agent work."
近幾年以單打獨鬥之姿崛起，經手《追風箏的孩子》、《不存在的女兒》等多部暢銷小說的光磊版權代理負責人譚光磊頗在商言商地說：「把我們的工作想成是房地產經紀人就對了！」