Christopher Combemale, Associate Agent

Christopher joined Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. in 2019 and works with Jim Rutman alongside his own list. He is looking for a broad range of literary fiction and voice driven upmarket fiction with an unexpected hook. He is on the hunt for a literary campus novel. In non-fiction he is interested in narrative nonfiction, cultural criticism/essay, and expert-driven projects. As a Singaporean-French-American born and raised in London, Christopher is drawn to international voices and writers in translation. Forthcoming books include work by Thomas Dai (Norton), Stuart Pennebaker (Little, Brown), Daniel Cox (Harmony), Alex Wright (Basic Books), Joe Ogilvy (Bloomsbury), Michelle Miller (Norton), and Agnieszka Szpila (Pantheon). Among his clients are Carnegie Medal winner Manon Steffan Ros, James Beard winner Shane Mitchell, Baillie Gifford winner Wade Davis, naturalist Scott Weidensaul, and the Estate of Barry Lopez. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain Scholar and now lives in Brooklyn.