Literary Agent Stephen Barbara joins InkWell Management

December 16, 2014 | News about

After six years at Foundry Literary + Media, literary agent Stephen Barbara will join InkWell Management, effective January 5th, 2015. Barbara, who was instrumental in building Foundry's books for young readers presence, will take all 50 of his clients with him.

His list of authors includes New York Times bestseller Lauren Oliver, Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz, National Book Award nominee Lisa Graff, Indie bestseller Lynne Jonell, Edgar Award and Emmy winner Jack Ferraiolo, #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Ricardo Cortes, international bestseller Todd Strasser, President of the Board of Directors of the Shirley Jackson Awards Paul Tremblay, and Sam Munson, whose novel “The November Criminals” is in development with Chloe Moretz attached to star and Sacha Gervasi attached to direct the film adaptation. Barbara also represents young novelists such as Robert L. Anderson, Lexa Hillyer, Chelsey Philpot, Jess Rothenberg, and Leila Sales, in addition to the companies Paper Lantern Lit and The Story Pirates.

Richard Pine, who co-founded InkWell along with Kimberly Witherspoon and Michael Carlisle ten years ago, said of the move, “We welcome Stephen and his amazing clients to InkWell with great joy and excitement and look forward to helping him and them experience the kind of success they imagine in their wildest dreams.”

Commenting on the change, Barbara said: “I look forward to joining the superb InkWell team. It’s an agency I’ve long admired, and I couldn’t miss the chance to work with such a world-class group of authors’ representatives.”