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.
Codie Crowley wants to scare you. While working at a haunted house, she made a man shit his pants in terror, which remains her greatest achievement. When she isn’t telling spooky stories, she’s usually out looking for ghosts in Salem, Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband, their cat, and a collection of creepy dolls.
The daughter of a minister and a music teacher, Stacey Kade grew up reading Harlequin romances on the sly, in the basement. Kade is the author of The Ghost and the Goth series and the Project Paper Doll trilogy. Kade has also worked as an award-winning copywriter for several Fortune 500 companies. She lives in…
T. Michael Martin is a novelist, Google employee, co-creator of the popular YouTube channel “How to Adult,” and the guy who accidentally kickstarted a cultural meme by creating the (fake) Nintendo quote “Everything not saved will be lost.” He was named Booklist’s #1 “Insanely Talented First Novelist” of 2013, and his books, The End Games…
Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of Harmattan Season and Goliath. His previous fiction includes Riot Baby, a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and NAACP Image Awards and winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction, the Ignyte Award for Best Novella, and the World Fantasy Award; the Beasts Made of Night series; and…
Farrah Penn is an author and screenwriter living in Los Angeles whose words have been featured in BuzzFeed, Bustle, Netflix, Reader’s Digest, and more. Her books include Twelve Steps to Normal, Cancelled, and Right Where We Belong. She lives in Los Angeles, California. You can find her on Instagram @FarrahPenn or by going to www.farrahpenn.com.
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…