Ellen Scordato

Ellen Scordato is a partner in Stonesong, a literary agency specializing in illustrated nonfiction, particularly lifestyle and culinary titles. Her 35 years of experience in book publishing includes positions at St. Martin’s Press, Charles Scribner’s Sons, and Random House. She and Alison Fargis purchased Stonesong from its founder in 2002. As head of production and an agent at Stonesong, she configures teams to produce cookbooks for brand-name clients and authors, hiring and supervising writers, recipe developers, recipe editors, nutritionists, line editors, and indexers, as well as represents select authors, primarily in the areas of health and wellness. She taught as an adjunct faculty member in English Language Studies at the New School for more than a decade and continues to teach as guest faculty at venues large and small.