Chris represents books across a broad spectrum of nonfiction—memoirs, narrative, prescriptive, Christian, and sports—and works with her authors to develop books that are appealing and accessible to a broad audience.
She is passionate about stories that must be told: of an achievement-oriented mother who learns the true worth of every life when her daughter is born with Down syndrome, a medical missionary who puts his life on the line treating patients during the Ebola epidemic, a couple who makes the stunning choice to forgive their daughter’s killer.
Chris is drawn in particular to authors whose faith engages the wider world, such as American Psychological Association president Dr. Thema Bryant, Bread for the World president and CEO Eugene Cho, The Center for Justice + Renewal founder Christena Cleveland, and the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy (CATTA) director Jason Wilson.
Her bestselling authors in the sports category include sportscaster Ernie Johnson Jr., Big Ten Network lead studio host Dave Revsine, and New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton. Publishing a book by NFL legend Brett Favre fulfilled Chris’s wedding vows – in which she pledged allegiance to the Green Bay Packers, for better or worse.
Prior to becoming an agent, Chris worked as an editor for several New York publishing houses, including Hachette Book Group and Random House, and helped launch an independent publishing company. Chris has a degree in English from Harvard University.
Adult Highlights and Forthcoming
- Amy Julia Becker - TO BE MADE WELL (Herald Press)
- Anna Broadway - SOLO PLANET (NavPress)
- Dr. Thema Bryant - HOMECOMING (Tarcher Perigee/Penguin Random House)
- Curtis Chang - THE ANXIETY OPPORTUNITY (Zondervan/HarperCollins)
- Eugene Cho - THOU SHALT NOT BE A JERK (David C. Cook)
- Christena Cleveland - GOD IS A BLACK WOMAN (HarperOne)
- Chanel Dokun - LIFE STARTS NOW (Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins)
- Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore - LITURGIES FOR HOPE (WaterBrook/Penguin Random House)
- Sara Harberson - SOUNDBITE (Hachette Go)
- Stephanie Landsem - CODENAME EDELWEISS (Tyndale House)
- Helen Lee - THE RACE-WISE FAMILY (WaterBrook/Penguin Random House)
- Ernie Johnson, Jr. - UNSCRIPTED (Baker Books)
- Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson, and Michelle Higgins - TRUTH’S TABLE (Convergent/Penguin Random House)
- Jason Wilson - BATTLE CRY (Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins)
Children's Highlights and Forthcoming
- Jocelyn Chung - WHEN LOVE IS MORE THAN WORDS (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House)
- Sarah Shin and Shin Maeng - THE DELIVERER HAS COME (WaterBrook/Penguin Random House)
