Sera Rivers is a literary agent with the Speilburg Literary Agency. Sera (pronounced ÒSÓ + ÒairÓ + ÒahÓ) Rivers started reading at age four and has been obsessed with books ever sinceÑif she could live in creative worlds, she would. She worked in educational publishing for seven years and launched Avenue A Books, a childrenÕs book imprint at Center for Responsive Schools. As Avenue AÕs acquiring and managing editor, she worked with new and established childrenÕs book writers and illustrators to create picture books and middle grade graphic novels. Now, as an agent, Sera provides editorial feedback to help clients get their manuscripts submission ready.

Sera earned her MFA in Writing for Children, with a concentration in young adult novels, from Simmons University. Her young adult memoir THE WICKED ONES won the 2016 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom ChildrenÕs Book Discovery Award.