Sarah Burnes
The Gernert Company
Likely Open
Updated: 9/2/2025
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Sarah began her career on the editorial side of publishing, first at Houghton Mifflin, then in the Knopf Group, and last at Little, Brown.
She became an agent in 2001, joining The Gernert Company in 2005.
As an editor, she acquired and edited literary fiction and non-fiction, and as an agent, she has added children's fiction to her list.
She lives with her husband and three children in Brooklyn.
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