Sharlene Martin, a passionate storyteller and entertainment industry veteran, founded Martin Literary & Media Management in 2003. Since then, her agency has experienced remarkable success, boasting a rapidly growing list of sales to renowned major publishers and boutique presses.
Representing adult nonfiction, Sharlene has had numerous New York Times bestsellers and high-profile books, including Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six by Anthony Flacco; Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story by Shanna Hogan; Notes Left Behind by Keith & Brooke Desserich; Raffaele Sollecito's book, Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox; HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell's memoir, I Want; Suzanne Hansen's You'll Never Nanny in this Town Again; MaryJo Buttafuoco's Getting It Through My Thick Skull; and The Goldman family's If I Did It, based on the OJ Simpson murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson.
Many of Sharlene's authors have had their books boosted as serial reprints in prestigious publications such as Readers' Digest, PEOPLE Magazine, WHO, and the London Times, and numerous clients have appeared on Oprah. Other client appearances include 60 Minutes, The TODAY Show, The View, Fox and Friends, Good Morning America, The Early Show, 20/20, 48 Hours, Discovery Channel, Inside Edition, The 700 Club, ET, The Insider, ABC Nightline, Dr. Phil, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN, HLN, Discovery ID and Fox News.
Sharlene is actively doing business with a host of film and TV companies for adaptations of her clients' books. Hallmark Hall of Fame's acclaimed TV movie was based on her client's book, Front of the Class. She was Executive Producer of Lifetime's movie, The Pregnancy Project, which garnered the two top Imagen Awards for Best Primetime Movie/Special and Best Actress (Alexa Vega). She was Co- Creator/Producer of the reality series, DEADLY SINS for Discovery ID, which ran for six seasons. She was the Co-EP for EPIC MYSTERIES for Discovery ID. She served as Executive Producer with Outpost Entertainment for A&E's documentary, OJ: Guilty in Vegas. She Executive Produced for Apple TV+ straight to series one-hour scripted mystery, HOME BEFORE DARK, directed and ex. produced by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians),based on her client, Hilde Lysiak, a 14-year-old crime reporter and publisher of the Orange Street News, and author of the Scholastic Branches six book series, Hilde Cracks the Case. She Executive Produced Secrets of a Marine's Wife for Sony Television at Lifetime. She has numerous projects under option and in development currently.
Sharlene is a member of the Producers Guild of America. Additionally, she is also the co-author, with Anthony Flacco, of Publish Your Nonfiction Book (Writer's Digest Books) and Literary Fails: Totally (sic)! Publishers, editors, writers and entertainment execs who deal with her consistently express their joy in working with someone who is such an avid fan of good writing, as well as an enthusiastic guardian and representative of her clients' work. She employs this personal touch to all her business relationships and credits it with her proven record of success.
As a manager, Sharlene Martin is attached as an Executive Producer to all projects per contractual agreement with MLM clients.
