Sarah Bowlin

Lance Cleland

Sarah Bowlin is an agent at Aevitas Creative Management, which she joined in 2017. Before becoming an agent, she spent a decade as an editor of literary fiction and nonfiction, first at Riverhead Books and most recently at Henry Holt & Company. She has edited many acclaimed writers including Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Sheila Heti, Salvatore Scibona, Helen Phillips, Luvvie Ajayi, Ramona Ausubel, Rachel Khong, Kim Zupan and Julie Buntin. As an agent, she is working with emerging voices Aysegul Savas, Vanessa Veseklka, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Halimah Marcus, Luke Zaleski, and Kevin Nguyen, among others. She is interested in bold voices—specifically stories of strong or difficult women and unexpected narratives of place, identity, and the shifting ways we see ourselves and each other. Originally from the South, she now lives in Los Angeles.