Sarah Burnes

About the Agent

Sarah began her career on the editorial side of publishing, first at Houghton Mifflin, then in the Knopf Group, and last at Little, Brown. She became an agent in 2001, joining The Gernert Company in 2005. As an editor, she acquired and edited literary fiction and non-fiction, and as an agent, she has added children's fiction to her list. Sarah sits on the board of non-profit progressive publisher the New Press and her writing has appeared on The Paris Review's blog. She lives with her husband and three children in Brooklyn.

Represented authors

• Lee Bacon
• Christopher Beha
• Pseudonymous Bosch
• Hannah Capin
• Katie Coyle
• Gayle Forman
• Kami Garcia
• Adam Gidwitz
• Linda Holmes
• G. Bruce Knecht
• Kate Manning
• Alice McDermott
• Robin Sloan
• Natalie Standiford
• Margaret Stohl
• Mary Kay Zuravleff