Sara Shandler has spent her career working alongside other creatives, helping authors tell their stories and bring a clear artistic vision to life. As the Editor-in-Chief at Alloy Entertainment, the highly-successful book packager, creator of IP, and producer of television series and feature films, Sara oversaw the editorial staff and publishing of nearly a hundred New York Times Best Sellers, selling millions of copies worldwide.

Under Sara’s editorial leadership, the company’s novels received widespread acclaim and awards, including two National Book Award finalists, a Printz Honor, Walter Dean Myers Award Honors, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the William C. Morris Award, the Stonewall Award for Teens, the Lambda Literary Award and the Coretta Scott King-Steptoe Award for New Talent. Other accolades include hundreds of starred reviews, best of lists, state library selections, and many more nominations.

Sara began her career as the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write about their Search for Self, published when she was eighteen-years-old, and as a writer for Seventeen Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family and enjoys summers in Fire Island.

Sara is currently taking a year-long sabbatical and looks forward to her next chapter in story-telling in 2025. You can reach her at sara@sarashandler.com