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Ms. Sarah Burnes
The Gernert Company
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General
Sarah Burnes
The Gernert Company
136 East 57th Street, 18th floor
New York, NY 10022
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- www.thegernertco.com
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- @sarahburnes
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Query Methods
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E-Mail
Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:
Fiction
Children's
Commercial
Literary Fiction
Non-Fiction
True Adventure/Crime
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Known Clients (current & past)
Lee Bacon
Christopher Beha
Pseudonymous Bosch
Hannah Capin
Katie Coyle
Gayle Forman
Kami Garcia
Adam Gidwitz
Linda Holmes
G. Bruce Knecht
Kate Manning
Alice McDermott
Robin Sloan
Natalie Standiford
Margaret Stohl
Mary Kay Zuravleff
Author Comments
Comments by authors about this agent.
Roman_Arbisi17
07/03/2026 04:27 PM
Q: 7/3/2026 - Literary Fiction, 55k
bdlael
06/18/2026 03:19 PM
88K Lit, via email.
newsie78
06/14/2026 04:26 PM
Q: 3/5 via email
Instructions were confusing, but I copied and pasted my letter and sample chapter into the email as that seems to be the industry standard.
CNR: 6/14
Instructions were confusing, but I copied and pasted my letter and sample chapter into the email as that seems to be the industry standard.
CNR: 6/14
Whoisbellaboo1
05/12/2026 09:27 AM
Q: 5/12/2026 Children's Picture Book 500 words
SArneson
05/01/2026 11:24 PM
Q: 05/01/2026 - Literary Fiction - 74k words
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