Sarah Khalil
Literary Agent, Editorial Manager
Sarah represents serious nonfiction and memoir with a lens toward social, economic and environmental justice; anti-imperialist thought; pop/cultural criticism and histories; cross-cultural narratives; and writing from Caribbean, MENA, Muslim and LGBTQIA+ creators; all deeply explored by experts—academics, journalists, and those with lived experience. Radical thought, artful storytelling and propulsive narrative are the cornerstones of her taste. She is also seeking select fiction in the same space.
Sarah oversees Calligraph’s internship program. She is a co-director of the Literary Agents of Change Mentorship Program, which serves to increase promotion and retention of historically underrepresented groups, particularly people of color, in the agenting profession. She is also on the Employer Advisory Board for Bunker Hill Community College's Humanities to Career Program.
Prior to Calligraph’s founding, Sarah was at Kneerim & Williams for four years, developing several of the agency’s best-selling and award-winning authors alongside Jill Kneerim and Katherine Flynn. She has worked at Beacon Press and the IP law firm Sennott, Williams, & Rogers. She holds an MA in Publishing & Writing from Emerson College and a BA in English Literature with a minor in History from the American University of Beirut.