Posted February 14, 2018

“We have counseled Jay to take a step back from the industry and he’s doing so. He is no longer working with the agency.” (Asher’s primary agent had been Laura Rennert.) A spokesperson for Dashner later told the AP, “Mr. Asher is no longer working with the Andrea Brown agency. He respects and understands their position, given the current climate.

Posted June 27, 2011

with him, but who has his own secret agenda and something to prove, to David Gale at Simon & Schuster Children’s, for publication in Spring 2013, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World English). ljrennert@mac.com Tiffany Schmidt’s SEND ME A SIGN, when you have everything going your way, you have everything to lose; or do you?, to Emily Easton at Walker Children’s, for publication in Fall 2012, by Joe Monti at Barry Goldblatt Literary (World English).

Posted June 13, 2011

gypsy-rasta world of killers, pirates, poachers, and opportunists, to Mallory Kass at Scholastic, at auction, for publication in Fall 2012, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (North American). ljrennert@mac.com Rachel Vincent’s sixth and seventh books in her Soul Screamers series, about a sixteen year old fighting to defend herself and her friends from reapers, hellions, and other mythical monsters out to possess them, body and soul, to Mary-Theresa

Posted May 27, 2011

” That echoed agent Laura Rennert from Andrea Brown Literary, who spoke on the New & Evolving Publishing Models panel Monday about her decision to offer editorial, design and marketing services to clients who want to self-publish in return for 15 percent of sales. Asked if she would be willing to work with Amazon’s new publishing arm as well as their self-publishing platform, Rennert too declared, “Nothing is off the table.” — Emily Williams

Posted May 2, 2011

exploration of sex, marriage, and the fragility of life, to Tom Spain at Simon & Schuster, in a pre-empt, for publication in October 2011, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World English). ljrennert@mac.com Brad Thor’s THE APOSTLE and FOREIGN INFLUENCE, to W.F. Howes, by the Abner Stein Agency, on behalf of Heide Lange at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

Posted April 18, 2011

Shamus Award Winner Cornelia Read’s VALLEY OF ASHES, the next in her series featuring an smart-mouthed ex-debutante, to Celia Johnson at Grand Central, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency. Tim Hallinan’s GROWING YOUNGER MAN and IN THE RED, the next two books in his Edgar-nominated Poke Rafferty series set in Thailand, to Juliet Grames at Soho Press, for publication in Fall 2012, by Bob Mecoy at Creative Book Services (World English).

Posted April 11, 2011

relating to his past and the Five Ancestors who originated Kung Fu, to Schuyler Hooke at Random House, in a very good deal, in a three-book deal, by Laura Rennert of Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World). ljrennert@mac.com Wendy Wallace’s THE PAINTED BRIDGE, set in the mid-nineteenth century, as superstitions collide with a new scientific understanding, a story of a woman’s self-discovery, and the search for the truth in a world where the line between madness and

Posted April 3, 2011

Cece Meng’s BEDTIME IS CANCELED, humorous consequences ensue when rumor gets out that Bedtime is canceled, to Daniel Nayeri at Clarion, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World). Children’s: Young Adult Author of THE NEAR WITCH Victoria Schwab’s THE ARCHIVED, about a teenage girl who must return the restless, ghost-like Histories of the dead to their rightful place in a labyrinthine supernatural library known as the Archive; when more Histories begin to wake

Posted March 27, 2011

on the events that shaped his life, and the 7 life lessons he’s learned along the way, to Jeanette Perez at Harper One, for publication in Winter 2013, by Amy Rennert at Amy Rennert Agency (World). Science Rising star astronomer Bryan Gaensler’s EXTREME COSMOS, revealing how the universe works, through the lens of the fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, and more, to Marian Lizzi at Perigee, by Melita Rogowsky at University of New South Wales Press (World

Posted February 21, 2011

McElderry Books, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (NA). Foreign rights represented by Taryn Fagerness at the Taryn Fagerness Agency. ljrennert@mac.com Jenny Torres Sanchez’s debut GOODBYE, CHARLIE, pitched as John Green’s Paper Towns meets Sasha Paley’s Huge about a former fatboy’s struggles with food, an unattainable girl, and a falling-apart family, to Marlo Scrimizzi at Running Press Teens, by Kerry Sparks at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World).

Posted February 14, 2011

behind the scenes by Brad Mangin, contributing photographer to Sports Illustrated, and Giants team photographers, to Peter Gotfredson at Luxury Custom, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency. Steve Travers’s THE LAST ICON: Tom Seaver, a biography of the pitcher, to Rick Rinehart of Rowman & Littlefield, by Ian Kleinert of Objective Entertainment (World).

Posted February 6, 2011

puppet books featuring colorful stitched felt illustrations and sweet rhymes that will delight the youngest of readers, to Victoria Rock at Chronicle, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency. Bob Dylan and Caldecott Honor Recipient illustrator Jon Muth’s BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND, often hailed as an anthem of the 1960s civil rights movement, but in tackling universal questions about freedom, justice, war, and peace, it has become much more than just a protest song, to

Posted January 31, 2011

Martin’s, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency. Paranormal Delilah Devlin’s GIRLS WHO BITE, lesbian vampire stories in a romantic erotica anthology, to Brenda Knight at Cleis Press, in a nice deal, for publication in Fall 2011 (World). Sci-Fi/Fantasy Jay Kristoff’s STORMDANCER, a dystopian fantasy set in steampunk feudal Japan, to Pete Wolverton at Thomas Dunne Books, in association with Julie Crisp at Tor UK, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, by Matt

Posted November 22, 2010

has the ability to sense the echoes the dead leave behind in the world and the imprints that attach to their killers, to Jennifer Bassuk at Audible, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Marion Chesney’s next three books in the AGATHA RAISIN series, to Jeff Golick at AudioGO, by Kathleen Ortiz at Lowenstein Associates.

Posted November 8, 2010

identifying the prosecutor as their assailant, he takes flight to find the man he thinks is impersonating him, to Edwin Buckhalter at Severn House, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency. Sci-Fi/Fantasy Steve Alten’s PHOBOS: MAYAN FEAR, the third book in the Mayan Prophecy series is a doomsday rollercoaster ride of an adventure, to Eric Raab at Tor, in a good deal, for publication in Fall 2011, by Danny Baror at Baror International (NA). danny@barorint.

Posted November 1, 2010

begin identifying the prosecutor as their assailant, he takes flight to find the man he thinks is impersonating him, to Edwin Buckhalter at Severn House by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency. Penny Warner’s next two books in the San Francisco-based party-planning series featuring a reluctant event planner, weaving the author’s expert party tips in with this lighthearted mystery, to Sandy Harding at NAL, in a nice deal, by Andrea Hurst and Amberly Finarelli at

Posted October 1, 2010

PEOPLE, the interwoven story of two young women whose lives are irrevocably changed by an unthinkable kidnapping, to Laura Geringer Books for Egmont, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency. Claudia Gray’s FATEFUL, about a shipboard romance between a servant girl and a wealthy, troubled young man, which is complicated by the fact that he’s a werewolf and that the ship they’re on is the RMS TITANIC, again to Zareen Jaffrey at Harper Teen, by Diana Fox at Fox Literary

Posted September 13, 2010

face infidelity, the trials of parenting adolescents, and turning forty, to Sarah Branham at Atria, in a major deal, for seven figures, for two books, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world). ljrennert@mac.com Author of A COMPLICATED KINDNESS Miriam Toews’s SMALL BIRD, BEATING HEART, the story of a nineteen-year old who, with her thirteen-year old sister, is forced to flee their punishing Mennonite community in rural Mexico, and SWING LOW: A LIFE

Posted September 6, 2010

character rights to Catherine Ryan Hyde’s SECOND HAND HEART, to Beijing Mediatime Books, by Bardon Chinese Media, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness and Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Russian rights to Anna Sheehan’s A LONG, LONG SLEEP, to Astrel, by Synopsis Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Kelly Sonnack of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

Posted August 23, 2010

the Silk Road and Tamm’s experience retracing his footsteps, to Jack Shoemaker at Counterpoint, and Scott McIntyre at Douglas & McIntyre in Canada, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency. Parenting Entrepreneur and parent of extremely premature twins, Tami Gaines’s PREEMIE PARENTS, an inspirational book for parents of premature babies to help navigate the scary world of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, to Robin Haywood at Sellers, by Kelvin Kong at The Rights