ABOUT US
For more than a quarter century, Christopher Ferebee has helped thought leaders, storytellers and industry disrupters become renowned and bestselling authors. Today, the agency’s mission remains unchanged: to partner with a carefully chosen group of authors and organizations to create meaningful impact.
Our team is comprised of industry veterans located in New York City, Nashville, and Southern California. As a boutique agency, we provide the kind of high-touch guidance that authors struggle to find at larger firms that tend to focus on volume over quality. We boast a lifetime of publishing relationships and pride ourselves on partnering with clients over the entirety of their careers.
The Christopher Ferebee Agency’s unparalleled advisement is perfectly suited to empower modern creatives to navigate the constantly changing publishing landscape.
MEET OUR TEAM
CHRISTOPHER FEREBEE
Christopher has served as a literary agent since 1999, working with an incredible array of Christian authors, speakers and pastors.
Today he is focused on representing thought-provoking, life-changing and uplifting books from a variety of thought-leaders and world-changers. These are projects that seek to challenge the status quo in any number of arenas in our fast-changing world, lift up ideas that deserve your attention, or simply inspire you to be a better version of yourself.
ANGELA SCHEFF
Angela has worked in the publishing industry since 2000. For the first 10 years she worked as an Editor and then Associate Publisher at Zondervan, a Christian imprint of HarperCollins in Grand Rapids, Michigan, acquiring and editing a variety of well known authors. For the next five years, Angela became a freelancer, working with different Christian publishers, editors, and authors, in addition to focusing on her young family.
In 2015, Angela joined The Christopher Ferebee Agency to represent a select number of authors to help bring their voice, passion, and expertise to their readers.
JONATHAN MERRITT
Jonathan has more than 15 years experience in the publishing industry as an award-winning author, a New York Times bestselling ghostwriter, and a literary agent. As a contributing writer for The Atlanticand the winner of four Wilbur Awards for excellence in journalism, Jonathan maintains a high standard for the quality of prose. He is particularly drawn to authors with established platforms who have ambitious, countercultural book ideas that challenge prevailing thinking.
Jonathan joined The Christopher Ferebee Agency in 2015 and resides in New York City. His favorite genres to acquire include spirituality, memoir, personal betterment, social change, pop culture, children’s books and business/leadership. In addition to agenting, Jonathan offers proposal development services to some clients.
KYLE NEGRETE
Kyle is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he played football and studied finance. After graduating, he moved to New York City to work as an investment banker. He then packed his bags and moved to Haiti to run an orphanage for two years. Kyle landed in Austin after his time in Haiti and hasn’t left since. He loves to explore the outdoors, eat great food, and make people laugh.
His favorite book is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
CHRISTY FEREBEE
Christy serves the agency as an administrative assistant. Prior to joining her husband in the launch of the new agency in late 2011, Christy excelled as an interior designer and project manager for both residential and commercial clients, working alongside Peter Taylor Interior Design, E.M. Sumrall Interiors and PlainJoe Studios.