New Agent Alert: Amanda Bernardi of Highline Literary Collective

Amanda Bernardi comes to agenting after 12 years in publicity and branding. She did her graduate work in Social Science at the University of Colorado and a BA in English Creative Writing from Texas A&M University. She then began communications work for purpose-driven organizations focused on environmental, fair labor, and health care initiatives. 

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Her first book, The Modern Bohemian Table, came out in 2020 and was distributed by PRH. Her book and work has been featured in Martha Stewart Living, SAVEUR, bon appetit, BARRON’S, and Food and Wine. With a start in publishing at Tin House, Guernica Magazine, and Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents, she began her career with Paper Over Board/High Line Literary Collective in 2022. 

Amanda Bernardi

Amanda represents expert and platform-driven storytellers across nonfiction in cooking, personal development, wellness, design, pop culture, and memoir. Her studies and experiences continue to influence her reading tastes and she treats each project with great care. She lives outside Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and three young children. When she’s not working or momming, you can find her reading towards her 200-a-year book goal or sweating it out on her Peloton.

Currently Seeking

While her interests are broad, Amanda is especially seeking to promote under-represented voices with growing platforms. Amanda champions books with fresh ideas paired with practical elements and actionable takeaways, those that inform as much as they inspire. 

Her specialties include compelling prescriptive and narrative nonfiction in categories including social & culture issues, feminism/parenthood, cooking, pop culture, environmentalism, and mental health & wellness.

How to Submit

Amanda welcomes full proposal submissions. If you do not have a full proposal, please submit the following: a query letter explaining the hook of your idea, your author bio with specifics about your platform and audience, as well as sample excerpts from your book. If your project has a visual element, please try to include samples of your artwork, photography, or design vision. Please submit through Query Manager (https://querymanager.com/3002).