Brettne bloom agent the book group

The book group brettne bloom is a literary agent with the book group, a new yorkbased agency that she cofounded with julie barer, faye bender and elisabeth weed in 2015. Welcome to the book group, a fullservice literary agency located in the heart of manhattan. Since its launch in 2015 by publishing industry veterans julie barer, faye bender, brettne bloom, and elisabeth weed, the book groups mission has been to seek out and cultivate talented writers, and to serve as their champions throughout their careers. Alexandra bullen coutts, ariel gore, helen phillips, joe shine, rebecca stead. Over the years, brettne has cultivated an eclectic list of talented authors, from new york times bestselling novelists to awardwinning historians, journalists. Since its launch in 2015 by publishing industry veterans julie barer, faye bender, brettne bloom, and elisabeth weed, the book group s mission has been to seek out and cultivate talented writers, and to serve as their champions throughout their careers. Over the years, brettne has cultivated an eclectic list of talented authors, from new york times bestselling novelists to awardwinning historians, journalists and biographers. Dana worked collaboratively with brettne and elisabeth as their assistant, began building her own list in 2015 and was promoted to agent in 2017. Brooklynite, childrens book agent, squarespace supportteam member, semipro jew, bourbon. Born of friendship, the book group is making its mark as an. Over the years, brettne has cultivated an eclectic list of. Most famously, she is a supremely accomplished literary agent.

Printable version log in to send log in to save twitter logo facebook logo tumblr logo. Editors involved in this agents 3 deals in the last 12 months. Patty chang anker, juan cole, elisabeth egan, sophie flack, alison singh gee. She started out in publishing with an internship at the atlantic in 1999, after which she became a partner in her own. Launched by four publishing industry veterans in 2015, the book group is a fullservice literary agency located in the heart of. And thank you, brettne, for believing in my book from the moment you laid hands on it. Brettne bloom began her publishing career as an intern at the atlantic monthly in 1999. Agent statistics, detailing how long each agent typically takes to respond to a query.

Book agent brettne bloom started her publishing career as an intern at the atlantic monthly in 1999. Brettne bloom, literary agent what you need to know. Barer, bender, and weed have each spent the past 10 years running their own agencies. Our agents fullservice literary and dramatic rights agency. To mark the publication of the novel, the reading series will present a reading and roundtable with days editor at penguin random house, andrea walkeralso an alumna, byrn mawr class of 1998and her agent, brettne bloom of the book group. Starting their careers as agents just before the turn of the twentyfirst century, their paths intertwined for a decade and a half before they formally joined forces as partners in the book group in june 2015.

Jun 01, 2015 julie barer, faye bender, brettne bloom and elisabeth weed are launching the book group, a new fullservice literary agency. Sep 14, 2018 mark malatesta is a former literary agent turned author coach. Welcome to the book group, a literary agency located in the heart of manhattan. Brettne bloom is a partner at the book group, a literary agency she founded in 2015 alongside julie barer, faye bender, and elisabeth weed. This is the literaryagents listing for the literary agent brettne bloom.

Mar 29, 2019 welcome to the book group, a fullservice literary agency located in the heart of manhattan. Publishing industry veterans faye bender, julie barer, elisabeth weed, and my agent, brettne bloomfounders of the the literary agency, the book group. Founded in 2015 by julie barer, faye bender, brettne bloom, and elisabeth weed, the book group marked the coming together of four highly. Publishing agent brettne bloom is an agent at the book group in new york city. Jan 30, 2017 publishing agent brettne bloom is an agent at the book group in new york city. And since all of them have spent decades working at the best publishing houses in the industry, they know what publishers want and how to deliver it. Literary agent dana murphy joined the book group in 2012 to provide administrative and creative support to brettne bloom and elisabeth weed.

Literary agency founded by julie barer, faye bender, brettne bloom and elisabeth weed. She studied english literature and mathematics at bowdoin college and attended the columbia publishing course after graduating. If you are an artist submitting a book dummy, please include a link to the dummy and to your website or portfolio. An agent with the book group see other agents at this agency. Brettne bloom, literary agent, the book group the editors in the independent editors group are outstanding in their professionalism, their integrity, their skills, and their experience. An agent for eighteen years, her first love is fiction but she also represents a range of narrative nonfiction, including memoir, history, current events, lifestylewellness. Lit camp was founded in 2012 to help writers get their books into the. Welcome to the book group, a full service literary agency located in the heart of manhattan. Rebecca stead joins new literary agency publishers weekly. Brettne bloom, literary agent what you need to know jericho. Brettne bloom, and elisabeth weed, the book group marked the coming.

To protect agents from spam, email addresses are hidden except to loggedin members. Born of friendship, the book group is making its mark as an agency. For julie barer, faye bender, brettne bloom, and elisabeth weed, thats more or less how it all unfolded. The book group 20 west 20th street suite 601 new york, new york 10011 2128033360. Apr 23, 2020 brettne bloom began her publishing career as an intern at the atlantic monthly in 1999.

Her clients have been finalists for the pulitzer prize, the national book award, the national book critics circle award, the pen new. Launched in 2015 by publishing industry veterans julie barer, faye bender, brettne bloom and elisabeth weed, the book group shares a singular passion. The eight women who work at book group four principals, one senior agent, one agent, and two assistants seem different. Apr 25, 2020 20 west 20th street, suite 601 new york, ny 10011 united states. Please send a query letter and ten sample pages, with the first and last name of the agent you are querying in the subject line. Back julie barer faye bender brettne bloom elisabeth weed brenda bowen jamie carr dana murphy nicole cunningham hallie schaeffer. We asked authors, booksellers, publishers, editors, and others to share the places they go to connect with writers of the past, to the bars and cafes where todays authors give readings, and to those sites that are most inspiring for writing. Download the highres book jacket for crying the news download highres author photo photo credit. Dana murphy joined the book group in 2012 to provide administrative and creative support to brettne bloom and elisabeth weed. Read on view the literary agents database introduction what a literary agent can do for you. Search tools to help you find the right agent for your book. Walker and bloom have edited many iconic books, including winners of the national book award, the.

No recent cover image of a book represented by brettne. We regularly discuss book projects both editorially and strategically in order to determine the best plan to develop and sell them, and throughout. Julie barer, faye bender, brettne bloom and elisabeth weed are launching the book group, a new fullservice literary agency. Read comments by other authors who have queried the same agents you have. The author has signed on as an agent for the book group, a recently launched, fullservice literary agency in manhattan founded by four veterans of the business. Brettne bloom the book group 20 west 20th street suite 601 new york, ny 10011. Launched in 2015 by publishing industry veterans julie barer, faye bender, brettne bloom, and elisabeth weed, the book group shares a singular passion. The book group usa literary agencies and literary agents. Mark now helps authors of all genres fiction, nonfiction, and childrens books get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals through his company literary agent undercover and the bestselling author. Contact christy harrison intuitive eating dietitian, anti. Welcome to the book group, a full service literary agency located in the heart of. Faye bender, brettne bloom and elisabeth weed, the book group shares a. Please note, brenda bowen is not able to accept picture book text submissions at this time.