Allison Malecha

About the Agent

Allison Malecha joins Trellis Literary Management as Director of Foreign Rights. She previously spent several years at Bettina Schrewe Literary Scouting, where she worked with major publishing clients in over twenty markets across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, as well as with an independent film client. Prior to her scouting role, Allison spent five years in editorial at independent publishing house Grove Atlantic. There, she began building her own list under the publisher and managed Freeman's and The Mysterious Press. As Director of Foreign Rights, Allison represents Trellis in the British Commonwealth and foreign language markets. With nearly a decade of experience and contacts in both the international and editorial realms of publishing, she brokers deals for Trellis authors in territories around the world. Allison is also looking to represent a small, selective list of domestic clients. She is especially drawn to authors writing literary or upmarket adult fiction; narrative nonfiction, particularly with a historical or international dimension; social science; pop science; pop psychology; and memoir that touches on larger current issues or on the author's field of expertise. She appreciates writing that crackles and possesses deep wells of empathy. Allison grew up between the middle of Canada and the middle of the U.S., but has always found home between the covers of a book. She holds a BA in Comparative Literature & Society from Columbia University, where she studied French and Czech.