Rayhané Sanders

Rayhané Sanders is a literary agent at Massie & McQuilkin with over sixteen years of industry experience. She began her career at Newsweek Magazine, before moving to book publishing, working for Penguin Group USA and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on the publisher side, then for WSK Management and William Morris Endeavor (WME) on the agency side. Rayhané has been at work on her own list at Massie & McQuilkin since 2014.  

She represents literary, historical, and book club fiction, including short story collections; narrative nonfiction; memoir; and essay collections. Her clients include bestselling and award-winning authors Lidia Yuknavitch, Te-Ping Chen, Janet Beard, Hari Ziyad, Daisy Hernández, and more. She is a member of the American Association of Literary Agents (formerly AAR). You may find her Writer’s Digest profile here.

As an independent book editor, Rayhané also offers a wide range of editorial and consulting services to non-agency clients.