Sarah Smith
David Black Literary Agency
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Updated: 9/28/2025
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Agent Bio
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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Genres Represented
Fiction
Not Available or None Listed
Nonfiction
- Art
- Business
- Cookbooks
- Cultural Criticism
- Design
- Food
- Health & Wellness
- Leadership
- Medicine
- Memoirs
- Music
- Narrative Nonfiction
- Pop Culture
- Sports
- Wellness
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David Black Literary Agency
Founded in 1989, the David Black Agency has earned a reputation throughout the publishing industry for serving the needs of our clients editorially and by attentively taking them through the life of a book, from conception to publication, to ensure that both the book and the author each achieve their fullest potential and reach the widest possible audience.
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