Sarah Burnes, literary agent with The Gernert Company. She has been my agent since 2013. I loved what Sarah had to say about her approach to the slush pile, the myth of work-life balance, and her “no assholes” rule.
Sarah Burnes Show Notes
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
Zan Romanoff (Listen to her First Draft episode here)
Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia
Witches of America by Alex Marr
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Vicki Lame, editor at St. Martin’s
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
What If This Were Enough by Heather Havrilesky
Amanda Maciel, editor at Scholastic
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