John Rudolph
Dystel Goderich & Bourret LLC
Likely Open
Updated: 2/13/2026
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Agent Bio
John Rudolph joined DG&B in 2010 after twelve years as an acquiring children’s book editor.
He began his career at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers as an Editorial Assistant and then moved to the GP Putnam’s Sons imprint of the Penguin Young Readers Group, where he eventually served as Executive Editor on a wide range of young adult, middle-grade, nonfiction, and picture book titles.
He graduated from Amherst College with a double major in Classics and Music.
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Genres Represented
Fiction
- Commercial Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Middle Grade - Fiction
- Picture Books
- Theater
- Young Adult - Fiction
Nonfiction
- Big Idea
- Business
- Health & Wellness
- History
- Humor
- Memoirs
- Military History
- Music
- Narrative Nonfiction
- Popular Science
- Sports
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