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| from top left: Laurent Linn (moderator), Josh Adams, Tiffany Liao, Saba Sulaiman, and Sonali Fry |
Saba Sulaiman is a Senior Agent at Talcott Notch Literary Services, a boutique agency located in Milford, CT. She holds a BA in Economics and Middle Eastern Studies from Wellesley College and an MA from the University of Chicago, where she studied modern Persian literature. Being an immigrant who is constantly negotiating her own identity and sense of belonging in a place she now calls “home,” she is committed to championing books by writers from marginalized communities with compelling stories to tell; stories that demonstrate the true range of perspectives that exist in this world, and address urgent and often underexplored issues in both fiction and non-fiction with veracity and heart.
In Saba's introduction, she shares that her list right now is heavily picture book, and she's looking for more novels (she represents picture books all the way through YA, fiction and nonfiction.) Saba is drawn to character-driven narratives, unique and high stakes, morally gray characters, some humor (sharply observed humor), subtext, messiness of being human, timely and timeless.
Saba likes stories that "de-center me from my perspective" and "writers who can write in a way that can make ordinary things... feel fascinating."
And a warning about writing to a trend: "I can tell when a story's gimmick outshines its emotion."
Tries to "develop unique working relationships with each of my clients... they all have different circumstances in which they thrive creatively." Saba prefers working with clients that write across categories. Looking to work with authors, and careers.
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