The World Changes One Story at a Time
Sterling & Stone was founded in 2012 on a simple belief:
Stories change people. People change the world.
Back then, publishing was a line you stood in. You waited for permission. You hoped someone with a corner office decided your work deserved a chance.
We weren’t interested in waiting.
So we built our own door.
What started as a small independent publisher became something stranger and much more valuable: a laboratory for storytelling, a proving ground for creators, and a studio where stories find readers without asking anyone’s permission first.
That experiment grew into a catalog of more than 2,000 pieces of intellectual property.
- Fiction.
- Nonfiction.
- Film.
- Television.
- Millions of copies sold.
- Major adaptations.
- Multiple projects currently in development.
A generation of authors who discovered there was another way to build a creative career.
We didn’t just join in the publishing revolution. We helped shape it.
Then we noticed something most publishers still haven’t. A book isn’t a product. It’s the seed of an asset that can grow in every direction at once. The same story can become a series, a film, an audio franchise, a world that keeps producing value for decades.
Most of the industry sells stories. We build story assets.
That’s the company we run today. We develop original IP, partner with extraordinary authors, and create properties designed to travel wherever great stories are told.
The format changes. The mission never does.
Every project starts with the same question: what story deserves to exist, and where can it go?
Everything we build is our attempt to answer it.
For Hollywood
Some of our stories start as books. Some start as concepts. Some start as a single question that refuses to leave us alone.
They all share a commitment to character, emotional truth, and franchise value built to last. And they come from a vault most production companies would envy: hundreds of fully developed properties, a studio of working storytellers, and a development engine that moves at a speed the traditional pipeline can’t match.
We work directly with producers, studios, and development executives seeking adaptation-ready intellectual property.
If you’re looking for the next series, franchise, or film, let’s talk.
There’s a good chance it’s already sitting on our shelf.
For adaptation inquiries, rights discussions, and development opportunities:
Spencer Robinson – Artwork Entertainment
Leadership
Sean Platt: Founder & CEO
Sean Platt builds story worlds and the systems that turn them into lasting assets. He has written, co-written, or developed hundreds of titles across nearly every genre. Over the last decade, he has become known for treating stories like infrastructure: foundations capable of supporting books, films and television, and businesses. He built a company around the idea that the world changes one story at a time.
Kathryn Cottam: Head of Publishing
Kathryn turns creative chaos into commercially viable products with a beating heart. She oversees the publishing department of Sterling & Stone, pairing creative vision with editorial precision. Her superpower is transforming ambitious ideas, innovations, manuscripts, and screenplays into polished products that connect with audiences around the world.
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Because the world changes one story at a time.
And we’re just getting started.