David Gernert
David spent the first fourteen years of his publishing career at Doubleday, the last six as Editor-In-Chief. He left Doubleday in 1996 to start The Gernert Company, believing his experience as a publisher would give him some unique insight into the representation of authors. He lives in Pound Ridge with his wife and four children.

Sarah Burnes
Sarah began her career on the editorial side of publishing, first at Houghton Mifflin, then in the Knopf Group, and last at Little, Brown. She became an agent in 2001, joining The Gernert Company in 2005. As an editor, she acquired and edited literary fiction and non-fiction, and as an agent has added children's fiction to her list. She is always on the lookout for sharp, original voices. Sarah sits on the board of non-profit progressive publisher the New Press and lives with her husband and three children in Brooklyn.

Stephanie Cabot
Stephanie spent nine years at the William Morris Agency in London, the last five as Managing Director, where she represented many international bestselling and prize-winning authors. She moved back to the States in 2005, joined The Gernert Company, and is now selectively adding American writers to her list. She spends her weekends on a family dairy farm with her husband and four children.

Allison Cohen
Allison joined The Gernert Company in 2008 after beginning her publishing career in the audio division of Random House. A graduate of the University of Delaware, where she earned her B.A. in English Literature, Allison grew up in suburban Philadelphia.

Rebecca Gardner
Rebecca joined The Gernert Company in 2009 as Rights Director after four years at Random House, Inc., first as the Director of Foreign Rights for The Doubleday Publishing Group, and then as V.P. & Director of Subsidiary Rights for The Random House Publishing Group. She has worked for BBC Books and for Maria B. Campbell Associates where she scouted books for foreign publishers and film. Rebecca takes a boat to work and lives with her husband on the Jersey Shore.

Courtney Gatewood
Courtney joined The Gernert Company in 2006 after several years at Maria B. Campbell Associates, where she scouted US books for publication in translation abroad and for adaptation to film. She currently sells the translation rights for the agency’s children’s and young adult titles. Courtney lives in Manhattan with her husband and son.

Chris Parris-Lamb
Chris joined The Gernert Company in 2005. He was born in Alabama and grew up in North Carolina, where he attended UNC-Chapel Hill on a Morehead Scholarship. Things he likes include, but are not limited to, college basketball, fly-fishing, most forms of musical expression, and novels that engage the reader through both their prose and their story. He prefers queries to be accompanied by a sample chapter or two.

Will Roberts
Will joined the team in 2008 after working at Vintage Books and, before that, at a newspaper in Jackson, WY. A graduate of Middlebury College, he currently lives in Brooklyn where he plays mandolin and guitar for an obscure (ie: influential!) indie band. He's interested in literary fiction with humor that cuts deep – think Nathanael West – as well as narrative nonfiction.

Erika Storella
Erika joined the agency in 2005 after completing a MA in social science at the University of Chicago. Her graduate work sparked an interest in how new ideas are brought to the public and led her to pursue a career in publishing. Originally from Boston, she now resides in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where her personal library includes literary fiction and memoir, as well as works on history, contemporary art and theory, sociology, and crafts.