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WE’RE SORRY, THIS AGENT MEETING IS SOLD OUT! PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME ON THE WAITLIST IN CASE A SPOT OPENS UP.
MEET AN AGENT at StoryStudio’s 2025 Pub Crawl
NOTE: This add-on MUST be purchased with an all-access ticket to Pub Crawl.
Serene Hakim (Ayesha Pande Literary) Prior to joining Ayesha Pande Literary in 2015, Serene Hakim worked at Laura Gross Literary Agency in Boston. Born to Lebanese immigrants in the Midwest, she grew up straddling cultures and languages and still feels like a third culture kid. She represents authors in a variety of genres, from MG fantasy to adult literary fiction to contemporary YA. Her clients include Kristen Arnett, Jean Chen Ho, Kaela Rivera, Ream Shukairy and Shannon C.F. Rogers. Serene is particularly interested in both YA and adult fiction that has international themes, highlights a variety of cultures, and focuses on underrepresented and/or marginalized voices. At the moment, she is mostly focusing on YA/MG and taking on adult writers more selectively. Specifically, she’s looking for writing that explores different meanings of identity, home, and family, and in general would love to find more Middle Eastern writers. She loves books that are joy-filled and full of heart, as well as stories that delve deep into grief. Her educational background is in French and women’s studies and she holds an MA in French-English translation from NYU.
Serene Hakim’s meetings will be scheduled on Friday 2/21 in the morning.
- 10 minute meeting
- Agents/editors will offer verbal feedback on 1 page query + first 3 pages of manuscript
(Meeting dates and times are subject to change. If you would like, in the notes section at checkout please list your preferred meeting day and we will do our best to schedule you accordingly. We cannot make any guarantees your first choice will be honored, depending on availability.)