Penelope Burns
Gelfman Schneider
Likely Closed
Updated: 9/10/2025
Agent Information
Agent Bio
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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Query Format
Query Format
NA
Genres Information
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Commercial Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Middle Grade
- Young Adult
Nonfiction
- Nonfiction
- Middle Grade
- Young Adult
Genres Not Represented
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