New Leaf
Literary & Media
New Leaf Literary & Media is a full service management and representation firm that will be with you before and beyond the sale.
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Samira Ahmed
Better Pets
Leigh Bardugo
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S.A. Barnes
Book of Night
Holly Black
Long Live Evil
Sarah Rees Brennan
Frizzy
Claribel A. Ortega
Vagina Problems
Lara Parker
Less is Liberation
Christine Platt
Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross
Why Choose New Leaf?
We take a career-first approach to representation. We believe the future of storytelling extends far beyond the traditional publishing model. We work at the intersection of publishing, entertainment, digital media, branding, and intellectual property development to help our clients build expansive, enduring careers.
We challenge convention, adapt alongside an ever-evolving industry, and approach every project with a long-term, big-picture mindset. Whether developing a book, building an author brand, expanding into film and television, growing digital audiences, securing merchandise licensing opportunities, or creating new revenue streams, we partner closely with our clients to unlock opportunities that extend far beyond the book deal.
Our goal is not simply to sell books, but to help creators build worlds, audiences, and lasting cultural impact.
Launch Pad for Legacy Makers.
Innovate. Collaborate. Advocate. Strategize.
With a full-service Global Media Rights department that supports our clients goals in translation, branding, merchandise, audio, and film and television, New Leaf Literary & Media takes a collaborative, cross-platform approach to maximizing the worldwide potential of our clients’ work.
We help authors, illustrators, and creators expand beyond the page through publishing, entertainment, licensing, merchandise, digital media, and brand partnerships, building lasting careers, influential brands, and meaningful cultural impact.
Libba Bray is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diviners series, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist Beauty Queens, the Printz Award–winning Going Bovine, and the acclaimed Gemma Doyle trilogy. She divides her time between New York City and Paris.
S. A. MacLean is a bestselling adult fantasy author. She also holds a PhD in environmental science. After over a decade of battling seagulls, wading through mud on the arctic tundra, and teaching community college students how to save the planet, she now writes books filled with strange creatures, chaotic bisexuals, and plenty of kisses.
George Mann is a Sunday Times bestselling novelist and scriptwriter. He’s the creator of the popular Newbury & Hobbes series, as well as Wychwood, Tales of the Ghost, Engineward, Motherbridge and the Tales of Durstan. He’s written new adventures for some of the world’s best-loved properties such as Star Wars, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Dragon…
Marieke Nijkamp (she/they) is a #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of novels, graphic novels, and comics. Her work includes This Is Where It Ends, After We Burned, the Ink Girls series, the Splinter & Ash series, and many other critically acclaimed titles for young readers, young adults, and geeky older adults. When she…
John believes in choosing what one loves over what one likes. When he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with an architecture degree, he liked making buildings, but he loved science fiction, fantasy and storytelling. The rest is history. Winner of nine Chesley Awards, three Hugo Awards, four Locus Awards, the World Fantasy…
Justin Weinberger is a novelist and television writer. Originally from Easton, Pennsylvania, he lives in Brooklyn, New York. Justin’s debut middle-grade novel, Reformed, was published in 2017, and the first book in his forthcoming middle-grade series, Zombie Season, will be available September 5, 2023. His television writing can be seen in the final season of…