The Book Group

Welcome to The Book Group. We are a full-service literary agency founded in 2015 by longtime friends and publishing industry veterans Julie Barer, Faye Bender, Brettne Bloom, and Elisabeth Weed. We have expanded our agency to include Brenda Bowen, Jamie Carr, Sara Shandler, Sophie Cudd, Caitlin O'Shaughnessy, office manager Erin Rice, and editorial assistants Brooke Nagler, Nora Mathews & Adi Vildorf. We are passionately committed to fostering the careers of writers from a diverse range of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, and we represent books for readers of all ages. Please explore our virtual bookshelves, where you’ll discover award-winning novelists and illustrators, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and book club favorites, bestselling thrillers, fantasy, horror, and young adult classics, inspiring memoirs, sumptuous cookbooks, and gorgeous picture books. We do not accept submissions via LinkedIn. Please visit our website for more information and be sure to check out our Instagram @thebookgrp.