Flatiron Books | Liz Climo

Kathleen Ortiz is a Literary Agent who has over a decade of experience in the industry, both as an agent and international licensing expert. She focuses on brands for adults and children that bring humor and joy and inspire others in life -- a visual component is a huge bonus.

For both fiction and non-fiction, Kathleen loves looking beyond the book – while the story is most important, she likes to find other opportunities for her clients to help expand their platform and compliment their books. She’s worked in licensing everything from stationery to calendars to greeting cards and more.

While she’s based in the West Coast, her skymiles argue that she lives in NYC half the year.

New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc. is a passionate agency with a relentless focus on building our clients’ careers. Our approach is big picture, offering a one-stop shop built without silos and access to a variety of services including international sales, film and television, and branding resources for all clients. Our aim is to challenge conformity and re-imagine the marketplace while equipping our clients with the tools necessary to navigate an evolving landscape and succeed.

Liz Climo
Catana Comics, #1 NYT bestselling author
Huda Fahmy
Sarah Marino
Procrastination.com
TheDadLab
Genevieve Santos
Susie Yi

Selection of Recent Sales
for a more complete list of recent sales, please see the PM database

Susie Yi's PAPER GIRL, about an 11-year-old girl who journeys to Korea for her Halmuni's funeral while trying to figure out how to reverse a wish gone wrong in her attempt to fit in, to Connie Hsu at Roaring Brook Press, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

Jory John's SUMMER CAMP CRITTER JITTERS, about adorable critters who are nervous about going off to camp, illustrated by Liz Climo, to Kate Harrison at Dial, by Kirsten Hall at Catbird Productions for the author, and by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media for the illustrator (world English).

Comic artist Susie Yi's CAT AND CAT ADVENTURES: THE QUEST FOR SNACKS, following two cats who, while their human is at work, learn to use their hidden powers to create a potion for unlimited snacks, just to find themselves accidentally teleported to a deserted island, to Andrew Arnold at Harper Alley, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, for publication in fall 2021, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

Creator of the Instagram comic @YesImHotInThis Huda Fahmy's HUDA F ARE YOU, pitched as inspired by Fahmy's own high school years, following the author through her first year of high school in Dearborn, Michigan, where she's just one of many hijabi Muslim girls, as she tries on identities in an attempt to figure out who (da F) she is, to Dana Chidiac at Dial, in a good deal, at auction, for publication in fall 2021, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

#1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Catana Chetwynd's IN LOVE & PAJAMAS: A COLLECTION OF COMICS ABOUT BEING YOURSELF TOGETHER, just in time where we've all seen an unprecedented amount of our significant others in pajamas, to Patty Rice at Andrews McMeel Publishing, for publication in February 2021, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

Stephanie K. Wright's PER MY LAST EMAIL: CURIOUS WORDS AND CLEVER PHRASES TO REINVIGORATE YOUR WORK EMAILS, MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS, a humorous send up of stale corporate lingo and an entertaining guide to reinvigorating your workplace communication, providing new and new-to-you phrases for your hundredth "just following up" email of the week, to Allison Adler at Andrews McMeel Publishing, for publication in fall 2021, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

SWEET DREAMS!, book 12 in the Daisy Dreamer series, illustrated by Genevieve Santos, to Jeffrey Salane at Little Simon, for publication in fall 2020, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (world).

@4amshower creator Guy Kopsombut's EVERYDAY SMILES: FINDING JOY IN EVERY MOMENT, part self-help journal, part comic collection, offering moments of joy to the reader with space to create their own art and words of inspiration, to Patty Rice at Andrews McMeel, at auction, for publication in November 2020, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

Former illustrator for The Simpsons and web comic star Liz Climo's YOU'RE MOM: A LITTLE BOOK FOR MOTHERS (AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM), a humorous story about the challenges and joys of motherhood, along with YOU'RE DAD, a follow-up about fatherhood, to Sarah Murphy at Flatiron Books, in an eight-bidder auction, in a two-book deal, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (NA).

See PM database for partial listing.

Translation Rights: Veronica Grijalva vgrijalva@newleafliterary.com

Film/TV: Pouya Shahbazian, pouya@newleafliterary.com

Click here for a list of CoAgents.

Joanna Volpe, President/Agent
Suzie Townsend, Vice President/Agent
Pouya Shahbazian, Director of Film/TV
Hilary Pecheone, Director of Brand Development
Meredith Barnes, Business Development Manager
Kate Sullivan, Senior Content Development Manager
Patrice Caldwell, Agent
Jordan Hamessley, Agent
Stephanie Kim, Agent
JL Stermer, Agent
Veronica Grijalva, Subrights
Victoria Hendersen, Subrights
Jenniea Carter, Assistant
Abigail Donoghue, Assistant
Jordan Hill, Assistant
Dani Segelbaum, Assistant
Katherine Curtis, Film Assistant

http://www.newleafliterary.com/submissions/