Ep 177: Sarah Burnes

Sarah Burnes, literary agent with The Gernert Company. She has
been my agent since 2013. I loved what Sarah had to say about her
approach to the slush pile, the myth of work-life balance, and
her “no assholes” rule.


 


Sarah Burnes Show Notes


The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares


Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar


Alloy book packaging company


Zan Romanoff (Listen to her First Draft episode here)


Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia


Pseudonymous Bosch


Jon Gertner


Witches of America by Alex Marr


Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by  Ruth Franklin


Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney


Twilight by Stephenie Meyer


Vicki Lame, editor at St. Martin’s


Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes


What If This Were Enough by Heather Havrilesky


Amanda Maciel, editor at Scholastic