Katherine Latshaw

Senior Vice President

I’m looking for commercial nonfiction: cookbooks; lifestyle; memoir; pop culture; health & wellness; social media-platformed projects; incisive essay collections; illustrated/gift books; feminist and underrepresented voices; select fiction. I am also looking for seasoned collaborators and ghostwriters so send along those resumes!

I joined Folio in 2013 after working as an agent at The Literary Group International with Frank Weimann. Prior to that, I worked at packager and literary agency Stonesong, where I participated in every facet of book production, from sales to photo shoots to edits and design. That unique perspective has allowed me to weigh in with authority on behalf of clients during every step of the publishing process. I relish working one on one with authors. For nonfiction, I will often brainstorm with clients who have the requisite knowledge and platform but aren’t sure how to harness that into a saleable concept. I will write, re-write, and edit behind a client to present the best possible pitch to editors. For fiction, my aim is the same, and I will provide whatever is necessary to achieve that result, from general editorial suggestions to line edits. My authors range very widely from celebrities like Burt Reynolds to ice cream sandwich empire Coolhaus to antiracism author Layla Saad.

Genres represented

Non-Fiction
Cookbook
Memoir
Narrative Non-Fiction
Prescriptive Non-Fiction
YA
Middle Grade
Poetry

Ghostwriting

Key Titles

But Enough About Me by Burt Reynolds
Where the Light Gets In by Kimberly William-Paisley
As You Wish by Cary Elwes
Sissy by Jacob Tobia
Please Don't Go Before I Get Better by Madisen Kuhn
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
Whole New You by Tia Mowry

Submissions

Please reach out to me with any submissions at klatshaw@foliolit.com