Sarah Khalil is a literary agent with Calligraph. She 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 expertsÑacademics, 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.

Prior to CalligraphÕs founding, Sarah was at Kneerim & Williams for four years, developing several of the agencyÕs 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.

Sarah is the director of the agencyÕs internship program. She is on the Association of American Literary AgentsÕ DEI Committee and is a co-director of its Mentorship Program, which serves junior literary agents from underrepresented backgrounds. She has participated in panels on trade publishing and pitching roundtables at Harvard University, the University of GeorgiaÕs Grady College of Journalism, the Boston Book Festival, the Gotham Writers Conference, and others.