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What Sarah is looking for
Sarah represents a range of fiction and nonfiction authors writing for the adult market. In fiction she focuses on upmarket and literary fiction that is accessible to a wide audience and contains beautiful language with elevated ideas. If you would read it in your book club or take it on vacation, it might be a good fit for Sarah’s list. She particularly loves: family sagas, friendship centered stories, complex psychological suspense, campus novels, anti-heroines, and a good love story. In nonfiction, her areas of interest include: progressive politics, popular science, psychology, self-development, gender, pop culture, and anything about food. She is especially interested in projects analyz
Notable sales & clients
- The Cloisters by Katy Hays
- Chance of a Lifetime by Jude Deveraux
- The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
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Frequently asked questions
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What genres does Sarah Phair represent?
Sarah Phair represents Thriller, Literary Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Nonfiction.
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