Ali Lake
is a literary agent at O’Connor Literary Agency representing nonfiction, fiction, and young adult novels. She loves books that show her a new corner of the world or unexpected facet of human experience through an original, surprising voice.
Books
The Art of Exile
Andrea Max
McElderry | May 13, 2025 | Translation rights: Simon & Schuster | Media rights: Ali Lefkowitz @ Anonymous Content
Legendborn meets The Da Vinci Code in this captivating light academia contemporary fantasy following a teen who infiltrates a secret school for the descendants of exiled Renaissance masters to steal their long-lost arts and sciences.
The Computer Always Wins
Elliot Lichtman
MIT Press | April 29, 2025 | Translation rights: O’Connor Literary Agency
A lively and engaging guide to coding concepts too long locked behind imposing mathematics and perplexing vocabulary.
The Fountain
Casey Scieszka
Harper | March 2026 | Translation rights: O’Connor Literary Agency | Media rights: Danny Hertz @ Gotham Group
A transporting debut literary fiction that pairs the satirical upstate intrigue of Jen Beagin’s Big Swiss with the emotional depth and meditation on life of V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.
Academy of Muses #2
Andrea Max
McElderry | 2026 | Translation rights: Simon & Schuster
