Sam Birmingham

Sam has been with WME since 2019. He graduated from Colgate University, where he studied English and Education. Hailing from Stowe, Vermont, he spent three years teaching in Boston before coming to the agency. Sam is currently the International Rights Coordinator, based out of the New York office. He focuses on expanding the voices of WME clients internationally, selling translation rights for authors such as Candice Millard, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Daniel Keyes, and Jaron Lanier. Sam represents select domestic projects with an emphasis on internationally accessible fiction; queer stories; and cultural nonfiction. He represents Tariq Trotter, Evan Ross Katz, Peter Meineck, and is actively seeking literature in translation.


For nonfiction projects, please submit your pitch letter and the full proposal. For fiction projects, please send in the pitch letter and the first fifty pages.