Sam Hiyate: Principal

Sam is president of The Rights Factory. His client list includes Jennifer Close, whose debut Girls in White Dresses was a recent NYT bestseller, David Gilmour, Margot Berwin, Andrew Kaufman, Mariko Tamaki, Jessica Westhead, Claire Letemendia and Rupinder Gill. Before that, he ran the literary division of The Lavin Agency. In his 20+ year publishing career, he was co-founder and publisher of the litmag Blood & Aphorisms (b+a) and the editor/publisher of the avant-garde literary publisher Gutter Press. Sam also teaches at University of Toronto and Ryerson University and has lectured across Canada on publishing.


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