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Sarah Smith

An agent with David Black Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Sarah Smith began her publishing career in 2008 working for Algonquin Books in Chapel Hill, NC as an editorial intern. Soon thereafter, she moved to New York City to work at Trident Media Group as an assistant in the literary and book-to-film departments. She joined the David Black Agency in 2012.

A native of Atlanta, Sarah has a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors. For three years, Sarah curated the weekly True Story: Nonfiction at KGB reading series at KGB Bar in the East Village. She lives with her husband and two sons in Brooklyn.

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Country & Year Established

United States
Agent since 2012

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Sarah represents a wide list of critically acclaimed and commercially successful authors, including New York Times best-selling and award-winning nonfiction. She is interested in books that teach readers something new or offer a novel perspective, in particular in the space of food and drink, health/medicine/ wellness, narrative nonfiction, personal finance/business, memoir, essays, and cultural criticism. She loves working with experts in their fields and is always interested in projects that concern pop culture, art/design/music, and the cultural zeitgeist. In addition, Sarah represents a number of collaborative writers who partner with authors on cookbooks, memoir, leadership books, and more.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
History: General, Biographies.
Lifestyle: Cooking, Food and Drink.
Memoir.
Music.
Social Sciences.
Society/Culture.

Submissions:

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

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Dates

Last Updated: 09 Jun 2026

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