About Wendy Sherman

Wendy Sherman is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of publishing experience. She has held senior executive positions at Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Henry Holt. During her tenure at these major publishing houses, she served as Director of Subsidiary Rights, Director of Marketing, and Director of Sales, as well as, most recently, Vice President, Associate Publisher, and Executive Director of Publishing at Henry Holt. She became a literary agent when she joined the Aaron Priest Agency. With a desire to work more closely with writers, and have a key role in the development and management of their careers, she founded Wendy Sherman Associates, Inc. in 1999.

Wendy is a board member of the Association of Authors Representatives (AAR) and a member of The Women's Media Group.

Wendy is particularly interested in fiction with a strong voice and unique perspective. She loves quality women’s fiction—whether literary or with more commercial appeal. Mainstream commercial fiction, literary fiction, upmarket women’s fiction, and African-American fiction are strong categories for us. In non-fiction, she loves anything unique with a strong media platform. Narrative non-fiction, memoir, practical and prescriptive, self-help and mainstream psychology are general areas of interest, as are books that show us how to live life in a better way.


About Michelle Brower

Michelle Brower has been with Wendy Sherman Associates since 2004, and has also previously worked with Joelle Delbourgo Associates. She enjoys working directly with emerging writers and is interested in representing literary and commercial fiction, memoir, pop culture, humor, crafting, graphic novels, popular science and narrative non-fiction. Books that capture elements of the strange and wonderful will always pique her interest, and she also looks for those that offer a unique perspective of the world. She has a MA in Literature from New York University.

Michelle is interested in fiction that pays equal attention to both the voice and the story, and is particularly drawn to thrillers and literary mysteries, quirky women’s fiction, books with a fantastic element that reach beyond genre fiction, and literary fiction that pops off the page. She is also selectively representing edgy YA with the same qualities. In non-fiction, Michelle is mostly interested in subject-driven narratives, memoirs, or journalism, but will always be on the lookout for the right book on the right practical subject. Food, science, psychology, pets/animals, and humor are some of her favorite topics.


Jenny Meyer

Jenny Meyer has been in the business of foreign rights since 1996. Founded in 2002, Jenny Meyer Literary Agency, Inc. represents UK and translation rights on behalf of a wide variety of U.S.-based literary agencies and authors. Jenny attends the major international bookfairs, selling direct in all territories which fosters a close working relationship with foreign publishers, thereby maximizing the potential of each project abroad.

Subagents

World excluding Asia
Jenny Meyer
Jenny Meyer Literary Agency
jenny@meyerlit.com

Japan (exceptions noted)
Owl's Agency
shimo@owlsagency.com

Korea
Duran Kim
Duran Kim Agency
duran@durankim.com
People's Republic of China
Jackie Huang
Andrew Nurnberg Associates, Inc.
jhuang@nurnberg.com.cn

Taiwan
Whitney Hsu
Andrew Nurnberg Associates, Inc
whsu@nurnberg.com.tw


We do not represent the following areas:

  • Screenplays
  • Cozy mysteries
  • Genre romance, westerns, science fiction, or fantasy
  • Children’s picture books