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
The Familiar
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.
Leslie Adame is a first-generation Mexican American and graduate of UCLA with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Film, Television, and Digital Media. She’s always enjoyed giving back and telling stories about characters not often found in books or films. Leslie grew up in the Inland Empire, specifically Ontario, California. When she’s…
Charlene Antrobus is the author of the Dark Romantic Fantasy novel, A Vow and Shadow and Blood, the first book in her Blood Vows series. She currently lives in the UK and when not telling tales of the fantastical, she can be found daydreaming about new stories and spending time with her two cats.
Ciera Burch is the author of Finch House, Camp Twisted Pine, Something Kindred, and Out of Step, Into You. She has a B.A from American University and an MFA from Emerson College. When she’s not reading or listening to podcasts, she can probably be found playing Dungeons & Dragons, eating ice cream, or trying to…
Katie Chandler is a romance author, who loves adding in a speculative twist to her kissing books. She is passionate about writing joyful queer love stories full of tenderness, angst, and spice. You can usually find Katie writing with a full-caffeine iced beverage, a Taylor Swift album blasting, and her yellow lab, Blue, who makes…
Dhonielle Clayton is a New York Times bestselling author of The Conjureverse series, The Belles series, Shattered Midnight, co-author of Blackout, Whiteout, The Rumor Game, and of the Tiny Pretty Things duology, a Netflix original series. She hails from the Washington, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side. She taught secondary school for several years, and…
Veronica Schanoes’s first book of fiction, Burning Girls and Other Stories, came out from Tordotcom in March 2021. The title story won the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella and was a finalist for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. She is an Associate Professor of English at Queens College – CUNY where she…