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
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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.
Sarah Everett is the author of various critically acclaimed books for young people. Her books have been translated into several languages and are available wherever books are sold. When she is not writing, she is going on long meandering walks, learning a new language or diving into a good book. You can find her on…
Josie Kawlewski is a graduate student at Rutgers University studying library and information science. She holds a BA in English Writing and lives and writes in Minnesota, where she haunts coffee shops, library stacks, and hiking trails with seasonal fervor. She hopes someday to be an archivist.
It’s not that Ellen Kushner can’t hold a job; it’s just that she’s got a lot of interests. She began as the fantasy editor for Ace Books in NYC, but quit to write her first novel, Swordspoint: a Melodrama of Manners. The month it was published, she moved to Boston to become a classical music…
Always the quiet shy kid at heart, Rodolfo spends a lot of his time drawing, painting, and looking for new stories to tell. He loves living near the ocean and waking up early to a clean sheet of paper. He also has a studio partner – his little dog named Wooky. His illustrated books include…
Originally a Michigan Yooper, Rachel’s dominant childhood memory is one of sitting in ice rinks and gobbling up library books during her brother’s countless hockey games. After a decade working at Google, she now fills her days writing big stories and wiping little noses in Los Angeles, and if she had free time, she’d spend…
Kaliis Smith is a writer and musician who does other things also. She went to school in Colorado and Ohio, and now lives in Western Massachusetts. She wrote a book of poetry once, but with luck it is lost to the annals of time. If you are driving through the Pioneer Valley, you can sometimes…