After spending three years as contracts director of the Donald Maass Literary Agency, Stephen Barbara joined Foundry as full agent in January of 2009.
He represents all categories of books for young readers (from YA to middle-grade to chapter and picture books) in addition to servicing writers for the adult market.
His clients include Texas Blue Bonnet finalist Lisa Graff, acclaimed middle-grade novelist Lynne Jonell (Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat), Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz, popular YA author Todd Strasser, and on the adult side Bram Stoker Award finalist Paul Tremblay (The Little Sleep) and leading fat loss expert Tom Venuto (The Body Fat Solution).
A graduate of the University of Chicago, where he studied literary criticism, Stephen has worked previous stints at HarperCollins publishers and The Fifi Oscard Agency.
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