Jenny Bent
The Bent Agency
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Updated: 9/24/2025
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
Jenny Bent is President and Literary Agent at the Bent Agency.
In the course of her career, she has represented many award-winning and New York Times-bestselling authors.
She is currently looking for clients she can co-represent with her colleague James Mustelier.
She tends to prefer plot-driven books to character-driven ones and values strong pacing.
She loves novels for adults or young adults that have an element of magic or fantasy or that introduce her to a world that is new to her, whether real or imaginary.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Commercial Fiction
- Fantasy
- Horror
- Literary Fiction
- Magic
- Mystery
- Romantasy
- Speculative Fiction
- Suspense
- Women's Fiction
- Young Adult - Fiction
- Young Adult - Fantasy
Nonfiction
- Young Adult - Nonfiction
Genres Not Represented
None listed or not available
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About The Bent Agency
Agency Profile
With offices in New York and London, the Bent Agency represents authors of books for every reader, including dozens of award-winners and New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellers.
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