As the Director of Literary Affairs, Beau manages research of the publishing market, providing dynamic insights into active submissions, media rights sales, and other book industry intelligence. He also scouts intellectual property from newspapers, newsletters, magazines, fiction journals, podcasts, and social media. He started his career at ICM Partners (now CAA), where he read books and screenplays for Oscar- and Emmy-winning filmmakers. Beau graduated with honors from Georgetown University, earning degrees in government and Spanish (though he's not as quick with his Spanish as he used to be). He dreams of opening a bookstore-cinema-pizzeria in Ojai, California, a place he's visited once.