Heather Schroder

Heather Schroder is the owner of Compass Literary, an agency that she founded in 2014, which represents literary and commercial fiction, up-market non-fiction, and children’s books. Heather started her publishing career at ICM (now CAA) in foreign rights, and subsequently worked as an agent for over 25 years. Her clients include authors of literary and commercial fiction; upmarket non-fiction,  including memoir, journalism, history, science and cookbooks; and a select list of middle grade and YA. Heather has represented numerous bestsellers, including Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, Methland by Nick Reding, and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba, among others. She is also proud to represent Pulitzer Prize winners, Guggenheim fellows, MacArthur Geniuses, National Book Award winners, and TED Fellows. Heather has spoken at numerous workshops and writers’ retreats and has served on the board of the Association of Author Representatives (AAR), and is an adjunct instructor at NYU's School of Professional Studies.