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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