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