The Team

Chelsea Eberly

Chelsea Eberly is the Director of Greenhouse Literary Agency. She represents award-winning and New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors of middle grade, young adult, graphic novels, and women’s fiction, as well as illustrators who write picture books.

As a former Senior Editor at Random House, she edited the Newbery Medal winning When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller as well as numerous award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors such as Tamora Pierce, Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Sarah J. Maas, Mark Siegel, and Kim Johnson to name only a few. She has a deep understanding of how publishers think and is an expert advocate for her clients. Chelsea is also a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree, which recognizes “the rising stars of the US publishing industry.”

Chelsea regularly presents at writing conferences across the country and enjoys teaching craft. Follow her on X at @chelseberly and Bluesky at @chelseaeberly.bsky.social.

Huyen Vu

Huyen Vu is the Agency Assistant reporting to Chelsea Eberly. She graduated with a BS in Developmental Psychology and minored in Neuroscience. Before joining the Greenhouse team in 2023, she was a freelance editor at an indie press and completed various internships across the industry, including an internship at Writers House. With the goal of giving children books that look like them, she fully supports the publication of underrepresented voices—especially from BIPOC and neurodivergent groups—and is eager to be an advocate for authors and illustrators throughout their careers.

Huyen is not currently taking on clients.

Sarah Davies

Sarah Davies founded the Greenhouse Literary Agency when she moved to Northern Virginia in 2007 after a long career as a UK children’s publisher working with many celebrated authors, including Judy Blume, Gary Paulsen, Sharon Creech, Philip Pullman, Carl Hiaasen, and Meg Cabot. At the helm of Greenhouse, she built the agency from its small beginnings into the powerhouse boutique destination for writers which it is today. Over the years, Sarah has represented a number of New York Times bestselling writers and seen her authors win many accolades, including the Newbery Medal, which is awarded to the author of “the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.”

At the close of 2021, Sarah retired from agenting.

Foreign Rights

Rights People is a dedicated rights-selling business who sell directly to foreign publishers (meaning without using subagents) in almost every territory around the globe. The team includes Alexandra Devlin, Amy Threadgold, Harim Yim, Claudia Galluzzi, Hannah Whitaker, and Annie Blombach. Rights People attend every major rights fair, including Bologna, Frankfurt, and London Book Fairs, and undertake territory-specific selling trips around the world at other times of the year. They use their vast network of contacts with foreign publishers to be leaders in the foreign rights field and are consistently ranked #1 in Publishers Marketplace for international sales in the children’s book space.

Rights People is the Greenhouse Literary Agency’s sister company and represents all the agency’s foreign rights. This gives Greenhouse Literary an exceptionally cohesive presence around the world and a truly global reach. You can read more about them here.

Contracts

Contracts People is a dedicated team of contracts experts. Kevin Stewart, Jackie Wilson, and Charles Devin have decades’ worth of contractual experience in negotiating publishing, IP, and media agreements and a deep knowledge of the evolving market factors that affect 21^st century contracts.

Contracts People is the Greenhouse Literary Agency’s sister company and their expertise comes into play once primary deal terms (advance, royalties and other significant points) have been agreed, working with our agents to reach an optimum final contract for Greenhouse Literary’s clients. You can read more about them here.

Finance

Gary Phillips and Teuta Bulica form one of Greenhouse Literary’s most crucial teams – Finance. Both have worked in the media, publishing, and licensing industries for many years, and together they are responsible for coordinating all aspects of the agency’s financial affairs on behalf of our clients. This includes ensuring our authors are paid on time, reviewing and sending out royalty statements, and liaising with authors on issues related to overseas taxation.