Bringing Stories to Life
Hesperides Literary brings a high-impact mix of literary know-how, creative coaching, and industry experience to our authors. We are proud to foster collaborative relationships that are founded in the joy of craft and a dedication to entrepreneurship that modern authorship requires.
Beyond our broad range of expertise in game writing, screenplays, novels, short stories, non-fiction, and more, as literary agents, we share a passion for the business of writing—that is, creating and expanding platforms, negotiating favorable deals for our clients, accelerating marketing efforts, and always driving sales activities throughout a book’s lifetime.
Jennifer Pien
Jennifer brings her years of editorial and advisory experience working with agents and publishers to Hesperides Literary. She has worked with authors through her role as a Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford University and Director of Pegasus Physician Writers, an organization of creative physician authors whose members include Dr. Daniel Mason, Dr. Seema Yasmin, and Dr. David Eagleman. In addition to her faculty leadership role in Stanford Medical Humanities and Arts, she is the Founder of The Pegasus Review, and serves as a founding faculty editor for the Oxford Review of Books x Stanford collaboration. Jennifer also serves on the Advisory Board for The Bellevue Literary Press and the Stanford School of Medicine Medical Humanities Fellowship. Jennifer's writing is represented by Amy Collins of Talcott Notch. She is the author of Healing the Healers, Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming 2025.
Please see our submissions page for genre preferences.
Connor Smith
I am a restless creative.
I’ve spent time as a ghostwriter in a multitude of genres, edited numerous manuscripts that later secured representation and publishing deals, managed several businesses, served as Chief Editor and Client Success Coach at major copywriting companies, have published award-winning short stories, delivered lectures and keynote addresses at various universities and conferences, and currently guide narrative efforts as the Lead Writer for Inevitable Studios, where our narrative-driven game Always in Mind is set to release next year.
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Now, as a literary agent and member of the AALA, I leverage my extensive experience as a professional writer, ghostwriter, and editor to routinely hop into the trenches with writers to help them produce the polished work necessary to secure publication. Because writing is fun.
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Please see our submissions page for genre preferences.