Brenda Bowen

Brenda Bowen has seen publishing from all sides.

She is an agent who was a children’s book publisher for many years and is an award-winning author of some forty-five books for children.

Her clients have won the MacArthur Fellowship, the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor, the Stonewall Award for Adult Fiction, the Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor, the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent, the Sibert Medal, the Geisel Honor, the William C Morris Honor, the New York Times Best Illustrated Book prize, and the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal.

Her clients have been #1 New York Times bestsellers and have been translated around the globe.

She represents Oscar Emmy and Tony Award winners, career authors and artists, and newcomers making their debuts.

She lives in New York City and spends August in a cottage in Maine.