The new novel from "one of the world's great writers, a treasure whose works epitomize the best of American literature" is an instant New York Times bestseller.

The Amy Rennert Agency specializes in books that matter. Amy has spent more than 20 years in the publishing business, pursuing her passion for the written word. The agency represents a select group of quality fiction and nonfiction writers--many of them award-winners--and dozens of agency books have been New York Times and national bestsellers. We provide career management for established and first time authors and our breadth of experience in many genres enables us to meet the needs of a diverse clientele.

The Amy Rennert Agency has developed a reputation since its inception for a passionate commitment to agency writers. We are purposely a small organization to facilitate hands-on personalized service and attention to our authors and their books.

Agency authors include Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk; singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett, a #1 New York Times bestselling fiction and non-fiction author; Amy Krouse Rosenthal;Tom Lichtenheld; Kris Kristofferson; Patti LuPone; Dr. Nancy Snyderman; and Jacqueline Winspear, author of the New York Times bestselling Maisie Dobbs series.

Amy Rennert is the former editor in chief of two national magazines and she served on the faculty of the Stanford Publishing Course.

Lin Arison, Jimmy Buffett, Brian Copeland, Phil Cousineau, Mark Dunn, Doug Edwards, Betsy Franco, Peter Greenberg, Charise Harper, Cynthia Kaplan, Beth Kephart, Bridget Kinsella, Michael Krasny, Kris Kristofferson, Don Lattin, Tom Lichtenheld, Garry Marshall, Patti LuPone, Robert O'Harrow, Adam Phillips, Cornelia Read, Sherri Rinker, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, John Shannon, Michael Sledge, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Frank Viviano, Amy Franklin-Willis, Jacqueline Winspear, Simon Wood, Herman Wouk

MAISIE DOBBS series by Jacqueline Winspear
A SALTY PIECE OF LAND by Jimmy Buffett
THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO by Terry Ryan
MEDICAL MYTHS THAT CAN KILL YOU by Dr. Nancy Snyderman
PATTI LuPONE: A MEMOIR by Patti LuPone
IVY +BEAN by Annie Barrows
GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, CONSTRUCTION SITE by Sherri Rinker and Tom Lichteheld
COOKIES, SPOON, LITTLE PEA and DUCK!RABBIT! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
THE MORE I OWE YOU by Michael Sledge
DON'T GO THERE:The Travel Detective's Essential Guide to the Must Miss Places of the World by Peter Greenberg
NO PLACE TO HIDE by Robert O'Harrow
WHY I'M LIKE THIS by Cynthia Kaplan
A SLANT OF SUN by Beth Kephart

THE LAWGIVER by Herman Wouk (Simon & Schuster, October, 2012)
BRAIN CHANGER by Rick Hanson (Crown Archetype, Spring, 2013)
THE LOST SAINTS OF TENNESSEE by Amy Franklin-Willis (Atlantic Monthly Press/February, 2012)
PLANT A KISS by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Peter Reynolds (Harper/February, 2012
ELEGY FOR EDDIE, by Jacqueline Winspear (Harper/April, 2012)
WUMBERS by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld (Chronicle Books/Spring, 2012)
MY HAPPY DAYS IN HOLLYWOOD by Garry Marshall (Crown Archetype/April 2012)
SMALL DAMAGES by Beth Kephart (Philomel/July, 2012)
VALLEY OF ASHES by Cornelia Read (Grand Central/August, 2012)

I'M FEELING LUCKY: The Confessions of Google Employee #59 by Doug Edwards: to Penguin Press UK; Novo Conceito, Brazil; Redline, Germany; Lux, Korea; Kultura, Macedonia, Eksmo, Russia; The Post, Thailand; Tre, Vietnam and simplified Chinese rights to Citic.
THE MAPPING OF LOVE AND DEATH by Jacqueline Winspear to Allison & Busby UK by Jenny Meyer

Amy Rennert, an award-winning magazine writer, is the former editor in chief of two national magazines. Her strong marketing and publicity skills have secured feature coverage for her authors in print, broadcast and Internet media, helping authors reach larger audiences.

We maintain an active dialogue with leading editors at large and small publishing firms, and seek to achieve the best match for our clients, one based not only on financial criteria, but with careful consideration to the overall fit for the author.

We have developed strong relationships with co-agents in other media, giving our clients the broadest range of opportunities for their work.

For UK and European rights: Jenny Meyer/jenny@meyerlit.com
For picture books (World): Taryn Fagerness/taryn.fagerness@gmail.com

Associate: Louise Kollenbaum
Business Manager: Margie Perez/mperez@grfllp.com

Please read carefully as we have changed the submission
requirements.

We now prefer to receive submissions via email.
Please send them to queries@amyrennert.com. We will not respond to queries sent to any other email address.

For non-fiction, please send your cover letter in the body of the email and attach a word file with your proposal and first chapter.

For fiction--and sometimes memoir--please send your cover letter in the body of the email and attach a word file with the first 10-20 pages.

For picture books, please send your cover letter in the body of the email and attach a file with the text.
Please be sure to include your phone number.

Due to the high volume of submissions, it is not possible to respond to each and every one. Please understand that we are only able to respond to queries that we feel may be a good fit with our agency.

We cannot return manuscripts; we recycle all materials, so return postage is not necessary.