In 2018, Folio acquired Harold Ober Associates, a legacy New York City literary agency representing some of the most iconic writers of the 20th century. We have also established a major footprint in the field of children’s and young adult publishing with Folio Jr., a list devoted to picture books, middle-grade, and young adult fiction. Our agents work with the best talents in both fiction and non-fiction, from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors to Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners to winners of the Newbery, Caldecott, Edgar, PEN/New England, PEN/Faulkner, and James Beard Awards. Illuminating books about parenting and family life, both narrative and prescriptive, like Angela Garbes LIKE A MOTHER, Julie Lythcott-Haims's HOW TO RAISE AN ADULT, Becky Kennedy's GOOD INSIDE, Eve Rodsky's FAIR PLAY, and Jennifer Senior's ALL JOY AND NO FUNįolio Literary Management, LLC is a full-service literary management company dedicated to providing authors and literary estates with comprehensive representation and career management.įolio represents more than a thousand authors, placing their works with publishers throughout the U.S. Narrative non-fiction with an inimitable take on contemporary life from a female perspective, as found in the books of Sloane Crosley and Nora Ephron as well as in Lauren Collins' WHEN IN FRENCH and Lisa Taddeo's THREE WOMEN Paradigm-shifting non-fiction with a sociological bent like Matthew Desmond's EVICTED, Jill Leovy's GHETTOSIDE, and the books of Peggy Orenstein and Bee Wilson Fresh re-imaginings of mythology and fairy tales for adult readers, from Silvia Moreno-Garcia's MEXICAN GOTHIC to Madeleine Miller's CIRCE to Robin McKinley and Naomi Novik's novels Lee, Hilary Mantel, Maggie O'Farrell, Maggie Shipstead, and Amor Towles Literary historical fiction that immerses its reader completely in another fascinating era: think the novels of Jo Baker, Esi Edugyan, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Janice Y.K. Dark, spiky, psychologically-rich thrillers like the novels of Megan Abbott, Gillian Flynn, Katie Gutierrez, Jessica Knoll, and Gin Phillips (FIERCE KINGDOM) Intelligent, witty, and fully-realized page-turners like the books of Rumaan Alam, Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan, Laura Dave, Patricia Lockwood's NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS, Kiley Reid's SUCH A FUN AGE, and Colson Whitehead's SAG HARBOR Multi-generational, sweeping, and emotionally-engaging novels like Brit Bennett's THE MOTHERS, Miranda Cowley Heller's THE PAPER PALACE, Xochitl Gonzalez's OLGA DIES DREAMING, Tayari Jones' AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, Rebecca Makkai's THE GREAT BELIEVERS, Torrey Peters' DETRANSITION, BABY, and Audrey Niffenegger's THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE Voice-driven, idiosyncratic and searing novels in the vein of the books of Melissa Broder, Rachel Cusk, Julia May Jonas (VLADIMIR), Katie Kitamura, Raven Leilani (LUSTER), Jenny Offill, Helen Phillips, Dana Spiotta, and Rachel Yoder (NIGHTBITCH) I'm grateful every day to have the privilege of supporting writers in their work of bringing into the world literature that describes, enriches and transforms our lives. When I'm not reading I love to take advantage of New York City's art, dance, theater, and restaurant scene. I grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, graduated from Wake Forest University as an English major with a double minor in journalism and Spanish, and now live in Brooklyn with my husband and two young sons. Among many other accolades, my clients have won the American Book Award, been finalists for the National Book Award and the PEN/ Hemingway Award, and been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships. As an agent, I use my insider knowledge of how a publishing house operates to my clients' advantage, and my editorial background informs how unusually closely and thoroughly I work with clients to develop a project before we ever submit to publishers. I'm proud to work with immensely talented authors. Martin's Press, where I worked on a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. Before becoming an agent, I spent the first seven years of my career in editorial, primarily at Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Previously I was an agent at Emma Sweeney Agency, LLC, and transitioned to represent many of ESA's clients at Folio in January 2020. I'm an agent at Folio representing literary and upmarket commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction.
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