Sarah McKenzie

An agent with Sarah McKenzie Literary Management

About

Sarah has more than 15 years’ experience sitting on both sides of the publishing and writing table. She has worked as a Commissioning Editor, Consulting Publisher and Managing Editor, and has been employed as a freelance editor on print, online and multimedia projects. Sarah has also published a nonfiction book, while her short-form nonfiction has been published in most of the major Australian print and online news media, including The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Herald Sun, ABC’s The Drum, Crikey.com, Canberra Times and many more. Sarah is also Secretary of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association.

Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to Australian or New Zealand residents.

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Australia

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Children, Middle grades, Young adults.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics (Excluding: Religion/Spirituality).

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Last Updated: 21 Aug 2026

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