Julie Barer

About the Agent

Born and raised in New York City, Julie Barer began her career as a bookseller at Shakespeare & Company, where she discovered the joy of putting books into people’s hands. After fifteen years in the business, Julie co-founded The Book Group with her partners Faye Bender, Brettne Bloom and Elisabeth Weed in 2015. Julie represents a variety of writers across a literary spectrum, with a special emphasis on fiction. Julie’s clients have been winners of numerous grants and prizes, including the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and many others. Works by several of her clients have graced the cover of The New York Times Book Review, have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, and have been made into feature films and television series. A number of books that Julie represents have been chosen by national book clubs including the Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club, Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club and Oprah’s Book Club.

Represented authors

• Ayad Akhtar
• Rumaan Alam
• Will Allison
• Robin Antalek
• Peter Bognanni
• Kelly Braffet
• Randi Davenport
• P.S. Duffy
• Zoe Ferraris
• Joshua Ferris
• Lauren Fox
• Cristina Henriquez
• Kelly Jones
• Lily King
• Margaret Lazarus Dean
• Megan Mayhew Bergman
• Paula McLain
• Madeline Miller
• Ann Napolitano
• Tarashea Nesbit
• Celeste Ng
• Anna North
• Varley O'Connor
• Stan Parish
• Helen Simonson
• Thomas L. Webber
• Kevin Wilson
• Charles Yu