WME’s Caitlin Mahony, Agent Behind SenLinYu’s ‘Alchemised’ and Callie Hart’s ‘Quicksilver,’ Talks Rise of Romantasy Amid Promotion to Partner (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business Writer WME has promoted Caitlin Mahony, the book agent behind popular romantasy authors including Callie Hart, Scarlett St.
Clair and SenLinYu, to its partner ranks. Mahoney, who has been with WME since 2016, reps commercial fiction authors across the board but is especially drawn to romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror and “anything with a strong genre backbone.” Working under WME’s books department chief Jay Mandel, Mahoney has been focused on working with authors who originate from non-traditional spaces, including those on fan-fiction platforms like the website Archive of Our Own (known as AO3 to the reader community) and writers who self-publish their work on Kindle Unlimited (KU).
One of her most high-profile deals in that space was signing fan-fiction author SenLinYu to re-write her highly popular “Harry Potter”-inspired fan fiction “Manacled,” a dark romantasy focused on the characters Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger, into a traditionally published book called “Alchemised,” coming from Penguin Random House’s Del Rey in September 2025, that retains its storyline but has been stripped of its IP ties.
Mahony’s major upcoming releases in 2025 include “Hungerstone” by Kat Dunn, “The Conditions of Will” by Jessa Hastings, “Terror at the Gates” by Scarlett St.
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