Sarah has been working as a scout since 2014, creating Fox Literary at the end of 2019. Prior to this, she worked for Claire Lundberg for four years, heading up the Paris office as VP of CTL Scouting.
After graduating from Dublin's DIT in Film & Media Arts in 2005, Sarah worked in development and production with Sally Potter's production company Adventure Pictures, and later in the film and TV department of London literary agency David Higham Associates. Sarah is currently based in Porto, and travels to London frequently and the US - occasionally!
Favourite Book to Screen Adaptations
UNDER THE SKIN - Jonathan Glazer, Walter Campbell, 2013 / Michel Faber, 2000
ELLE - David Birke, 2016 / Phillipe Djan, 2012
DUNE - John Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth, 2021 / Frank Herbert, 1965
Jessie Meenan joined Fox Literary in March 2022 and alongside coordinating logistics for the team, scouts the UK market with a primary focus on commercial and upmarket fiction. Before joining Fox Literary, she worked in Publicity at HarperCollins Publishers and as a script reader for several production companies. She studied English and American Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. Jessie works with Bart out of Fox Literary's London office.
Favourite Adaptations
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME - James Ivory, 2017 / André Aciman, 2007
GOMORRAH - Matteo Garrone & Roberto Saviano, 2008 / Roberto Saviano, 2006
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY - Anthony Mingella, 1999 / Patricia Highsmith, 1955
