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.
Elizabeth Agyemang is the author of Fibbed, a middle grade graphic novel about African folklore which was a Parents.comBest Children’s Book of 2022 selection, a Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Kids 2022 pick, and a Fox 43 AM Live Best Book of the Week pick, and Heart-shaped Lies, a young adult mystery thriller which has been featured on…
Susan Dennard is the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of the Witchlands series (now in development for TV from the Jim Henson Company) and the Something Strange and Deadly series, as well as various short stories and other tales across the internet. She also runs the popular newsletters for writers Misfits & Daydreamers. When…
Morgan is a 25-year-old YA author represented by New Leaf Literary & Media. She graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Animal Science. As a lifelong animal lover, most of her books include animals or environmental themes. Morgan has a special place in her heart for children’s literature, as…
Sophie Houser is a nineteen year old New Yorker who suffered from serious period shame until age 16. That summer she learned to code at a Girls Who Code summer program. As her final project she co-created a game, Tampon Run, with Andrea Gonzales to break down the menstrual taboo in society. It went viral,…
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…
Christine Riccio is the New York Times best-selling author of Thirty Flirty & Forever Alone, Attached At the Hip, & Again But Better. She’s been on a quest to encourage more humans to read since the third grade, and creating bookish content on the interwebs since 2010. Her YouTube channel PolandbananasBOOKS has over 460,000 book-loving…