Brenda Bowen

About the Agent

Brenda Bowen represents authors and artists of books for young readers from preschool to young adult; she also represents some adult titles: fiction, humor, and cookbooks. Her clients have won the MacArthur Fellowship; the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor; the Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor; the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent; the Sibert Medal; the Stonewall Award; the Geisel Honor; the William C. Morris Honor; the New York Times Best Illustrated Book prize; the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal; as well as many other awards and citations. Brenda’s clients have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, and have been translated around the globe; she represents Oscar-, Emmy-, and Tony-Award winners; career authors and artists; and newcomers making their debuts. She can’t decide which she loves more: a bold picture book, a lyrical middle-grade novel, or a sweeping work of historical fiction. Brenda has the unusual advantage of having seen publishing from all sides. As well as being an agent, she was a children’s book publisher for many years; she’s an award-winning author of some forty books for children; she’s written one novel for adults, and is at work on another. She lives with her family in New York City, and spends August in a cottage in Maine, where the menu almost always includes blueberry corn muffins.

Represented authors

• Bob Barner
• Samantha Berger
• Daniel Bernstrom
• Elinor Blake
• Cylin Busby
• Jennifer Churchman
• John Churchman
• Ral Colon
• B. B. Cronin
• Michelle Cuevas
• Mike Curato
• Carmen Agra Deedy
• Heather Demetrios
• Devlin Elliott
• Tim Federle
• John Flannery
• Laura Godwin
• Jessie Hartland
• Matthea Harvey
• Karen Hesse
• Will Hillenbrand
• Susan Hood
• Mo Jahama
• G. Brian Karas
• Hilary Knight
• Mary Knight
• Chris Kratt
• Martin Kratt
• Nathan Lane
• Kathryn Lasky
• Laurent Linn
• George Ella Lyon
• David Milgrim
• Julianne Moore
• Lisa Moore Ramee
• Areli Morales
• Donna Jo Napoli
• Rohitash Rao
• Chris Raschka
• Lindsay Ribar
• Matt Roeser
• Elizabeth Ross
• Stephen Savage
• Annette Simon
• Marilyn Singer
• Amy Marie Stadelmann
• Ann Stampler
• Naoko Stoop
• Christian Trimmer
• Evan Turk
• Jill Twiss
• Tom Warburton
• Jasmine Warga
• Rosemary Wells
• Alicia D. Williams
• Emily Winfield Martin