Penelope Burns
Gelfman Schneider
Likely Closed
Updated: 9/10/2025
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Penelope Burns came to Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents as an intern in 2012, after graduating from Colgate University and attending the Denver Publishing Institute.
She became a full time literary agent in late 2015 after working briefly at a book-to-film scouting agency.
She considers herself a “generalist,” representing an eclectic variety of literary and commercial fiction.
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