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.
The Singular Life of Aria Patel
Samira Ahmed
Better Pets
Leigh Bardugo
Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes
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.
Zoraida Córdova is the acclaimed author and editor of more than two dozen novels and short fiction, including the USA Today bestselling novel, Kiss the Girl, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, Star Wars: The High Republic: Convergence, and the award-winning Brooklyn Brujas series. She’s written for Disney, Marvel Comics, and Lucasfilm Press. She moonlights as romance writer Zoey Castile….
Justin Hellstrom is a writer, sound designer, and all-around art robot clinging to life at the edge of the void. You can find his soul splintered across surreal novels, audiodramas, and videogames.
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…
When she’s not making up stories, Erica can be found making other things: lists, knitted stuff, homemade jam, grand plans, and coffee, to name a few. She loves libraries, rain, walking in the rain, ginger (in any weather) and lilacs (in season). It’s almost always cookie o’clock at her house. Erica is the author of…
Janasha Prabhu is a graduate of the University of Illinois with degrees in chemistry and computer science and is a fellow of the 2024 LitUp cycle through Reese’s Book Club. She has adored horror ever since picking up her first Goosebumps book as a kid and enjoys incorporating her experiences as a queer woman of…
Swati Teerdhala is the author of MAYA IN MULTICOLOR, THE BOYFRIEND WISH and THE TIGER AT MIDNIGHT trilogy. She’s passionate about many things, including how to make a proper cup of tea, the right ratio of curd-to-crust in a lemon tart, and diverse representation in the stories we tell. She currently lives in New York…