Faculty Bios

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Stephanie Kim is a literary agent at New Leaf Literary & Media, where she represents fiction and nonfiction. She previously worked as a publicist at William Morrow/HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She holds a BA from NYU.

J. L. Stermer is the owner and CEO of Next Level Lit. She's previously worked as a literary agent representing both fiction and nonfiction at New Leaf Literary & Media, UTA, and the Donald Maass Literary Agency. She holds a BA from Columbia University.