Kayla Lightner
Ayesha Pande Literary
Likely Open
Updated: 8/28/2025
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Prior to joining Ayesha Pande Literary in 2020, Kayla started her career at Liza Dawson Associates.
An adventurous reader who values fearless curiosity, Kayla is primarily looking for adult nonfiction that can masterfully straddle the line between storytelling and teaching readers something new (about the world or themselves).
More selectively, she’s looking for smart, propulsive literary and upmarket fiction with a speculative or historical lens and graphic novels for all ages.
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