Shari Smiley Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings, Net Worth

Shari Smiley Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings, Net Worth: Former CAA agent and manager, Shari Smiley has reportedly passed away. The longtime lit agent died at 53 on Tuesday, 14 November 2023.

As of this writing, the cause of death is not yet known hence we can’t state whether she battled any form of illness or died through an accident.

Also, there’s limited information including images and videos of the late Shari Smiley hence we will disclose more details as they become available.

However, according to online sources such as; ‘IMDb’, ‘Deadline’, and ‘dealtown’; Smiley had a long career in book to movie circles, and most recently had restarted her Smiley Management banner.

Before that, she had been at 3 Arts, this after a four-year stint at The Gotham Group where she sold rights to several titles, notably In A Dark, Dark Wood, The Barbizon, and An Anonymous Girl, which resulted in bidding wars.

Smiley spent the bulk of her career, 18 years worth, at CAA, where she began as a receptionist in 1993 and was soon selling more books there than some of the tenured agents.

When she left that agency, she called legendary literary agent Mort Janklow to tell him, and Janklow suggested she call her new company The Smiley Group.

In her career, she sold rights that went on to become the films Wild, Gone Girl, The Devil Wears Prada, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, Artemis Fowl series, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, and the TV series Sharp Objects.

Smiley worked with many best-selling authors including Cheryl Strayed, Gillian Flynn, Jodi Picoult, Lauren Weisberger, and Mary Kubica, to name a few.

She was known as a caring, compassionate, and well-regarded rep in the lit game. Smiley had also been a consultant for the executor of the J.R.R. Tolkien Estate.

Shari Smiley Age, Height, Weight

Currently, we do not know Shari Smiley’s date of birth. However, she died at 53 in November 2023 meaning she was born in 1970. Also as of this writing, her height, and weight are unknown.

Shari Smiley Parents

Shari Smiley has been in the media spotlight following her demise. Currently, we do not have any information (name, date of birth, age, and, occupation) regarding her parents as of this writing.

Shari Smiley Husband

It’s possible the 53-year-old could be married. However, since there’s limited information about her, we can’t emphatically state whether she was engaged, married, or divorced at the time of her death.

Shari Smiley Children

At the time of her death in November 2023, there are no records of Shari Smiley’s children, making it unknown whether the late CAA agent had biological or adopted children

Shari Smiley Siblings

Shari Smiley never shared any information regarding her siblings hence we can’t state whether or not she’s the only child of her parents. There are no records about that.

Shari Smiley Net Worth

Although Shari Smiley spent over 18 years of her career working at the CAA, she has an estimated net worth that remains undisclosed. At CAA, she began as a receptionist in 1993 and was soon selling books.