KATHERINE FAUSSET

Katherine Fausset is a Senior Agent and Vice President at Curtis Brown, Ltd., where she has worked since 2006. She represents fiction and non-fiction, specializing in literary, upmarket and some genre fiction. Some of her clients include Laura van den Berg, Benjamin Percy, Emily St. John Mandel, Crystal Hana Kim, Jami Attenberg, Cynthia Hand, Cara Black and the estate of Lucia Berlin. She is especially drawn to knotty family dynamics, lyrical prose, oddball narrators, tragic flaws, humor, innovative structure and books about cultures different than her own. She currently lives with her family in New Orleans.
What I'm Looking For
Literary and upmarket adult fiction, and memoir.
Sample Titles or Authors
IF WE HAD KNOWN by Elise Juska
THE ALL-NIGHT SUN by Diane Zinna
IF YOU LEAVE ME by Crystal Hana Kim
Specializes In
FICTION: Literary Fiction
NONFICTION: Memoir
Considers
FICTION: Crime, Family Saga, Historical Fiction, Humor/Satire, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense, Upmarket Women's Fiction
NONFICTION: Narrative