Sophie Pugh-Sellers is a literary agent with The Gernert Company. Shejoined The Gernert Company in 2019. Raised in Oakland, California and Charlottesville, Virginia, her literary palate is as eclectic and complex as her two hometowns. She is interested in representing smart narrative and journalistic nonfiction; memoirs from radical new voices; commercial and literary fiction, particularly with sci-fi, folk tale, or speculative elements; and works of poetry that are urgent and unafraid to play with genre. She loves deep dives, anything melancholy, and stories that challenge her to think more critically about the world. All of her favorite writing includes language and worlds so powerful that she misses them long after closing the book. She serves on the Center for FictionÕs First Novel Fte Committee, and holds a BA in WomenÕs, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Barnard College. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.