ABOUT ME

My name is Sarah Leonard, although many of my friends call me Lenny. Currently, I am a co-agent for a client at Serendipity Literary Agency, where I was once the design & editorial assistant for CEO Regina Brooks. My responsibilities encompassed co-agenting, online media, editorial support, and client development. I led many of our visual projects—designing marketing materials and book proposals—and designed and launched a new version of the company’s website. On the editorial front, I reviewed submissions, researched and acquired clients, fashioned editor lists and pitches, and collaborated with authors on revising their projects.

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Before starting at Serendipity, I had the opportunity to intern at numerous companies in the publishing industry, including Foundry Literary + Media, Sourcebooks Publishing, and Corvisiero Literary Agency. I worked for Learned Owl Bookshop as their Events and Social Media Manager, a catering company as a server, and a highly regarded wedding planner at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I graduated from NYU’s Summer Publishing Institute in 2018 and recently earned my MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the New School.

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When it comes to my interests, as my rule of thumb, if the book is good, I’ll read it, regardless of genre! Although for Calyx, I only work on fiction full-length novels, not including my copy editing services. While I love many genres, children’s literature is where my heart is. I’m especially well-versed in middle-grade and young adult. Anything by Jason Reynolds is fantastic, House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune had me feeling like a kid again in the best way, and I personally believe the Strange the Dreamer duology by Laini Taylor is severely underrated.