Sylvie Rabineau and Jill Holwager Gillett sold their boutique Rabineau Wachter Sanford & Gillett Literary Agency to WME five years ago. At that time, the pair, who are now co-heads of WME’s lit…
I don’t know if there’s more books or not. I don’t know if publishing has followed the trend of the auteur-driven television series, but I do think that voices we haven’t heard before, and in particular voices from writers who are from under-represented groups, are really in demand.
Sylvie and I are hybrid agents; we represent writers who don’t write underlying material, and as division leaders, we sit atop all the IP that comes out of the different divisions, our digital business, our podcast business, any kind of story or asset that WME represents, our department sits across it, and part of that has to do with how killer our team is at making competitive deals and understanding the nature of protecting the separated rights at these deals.
. What type of material are you finding is really popping right now? Last week, everyone seemed to be looking for the newIt’s funny that you say that because I have a client who’s an exceptional writer, and everything he writes is quite dark. Yesterday, he was talking about how happy he was thatis so popular. We can certainly clock the trends, and you’re right about both of those, but we’re not chasing the market in that way.
We have Carolina Beltran, an agent who specializes in Spanish-language authors; we have another agent, Sanjana Seelam, who specializes in Southeast Asian authors and co-productions with Southeast Asian companies. We have another agent, Olivia Burgher, who specializes in family and children and animation; and we have Eric Reid who focuses on comic books and classics; while Anna DeRoy and Hilary Zaitz Michael work across all areas.
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