Following college, Vigliano returned to New York, where he was hired as the Director of Packaging at
Warner Books. There, Vigliano moved beyond the traditional practice of passively acquiring new properties, and instead generated book ideas and pursued new authors. In 1986, with no experience as a literary agent, he founded Vigliano Associates. While he represents both fiction and non-fiction, Vigliano has received significant attention for securing substantial advances for celebrities, including a reported $4,000,000 advance for
Kurt Cobain's journals in 2000. His notable clients have included
Michael Jackson, George Noory
Justin Timberlake,
Mike Tyson,
Shaquille O'Neal,
Willie Nelson,
Joanna Gaines,
Chip Gaines,
Alicia Keys,
Janet Jackson,
Britney Spears,
David Blaine,
Prince,
Pearl Jam,
Scott Weiland,
Rocco DiSpirito,
Courtney Love,
Anthony Kiedis,
Suzanne Somers, and
Pope John Paul II. His roster also includes
Bob Greene,
Melody Beattie,
Nicholas Perricone,
Jerry Jenkins,
Ben Parr, and
Blake Mycoskie. Vigliano's literary projects include artist
James Rosenquist's autobiography,
Eddie Little's
Another Day in Paradise, and
Douglas Coupland's
Generation X, which sold more than 1,000,000 copies. Vigliano has negotiated film rights for several of his books.
Ben Mezrich's
Bringing Down the House, was the source material for MGM's
21, and
The Oldest Rookie, by Jim Morris and Joe Engel, was adapted into the
Disney movie
The Rookie, starring
Dennis Quaid. An article by
Mike Sager in
GQ was adapted into the
Touchstone film
Veronica Guerin, starring
Cate Blanchett. == Personal life ==