Ga0PaM37PyOiJGSd0z37NZ-PZwk9JOCFFFIYlw2GgoQ,gT3-PA32OM9SdAhHG8YkIJYTBSeuHdBL1B_jlQhx_TY.jpg

Brettne bloom, partner

Brettne has been a literary agent since 2002. She works with a wide range of writers, from New York Times bestselling novelists to award-winning historians, journalists, scientists, memoirists, biographers. Her clients have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN New England Award, the First Novel Prize, and the Impac Dublin Literary Award, among others.

Brettne’s areas of interest include literary and commercial fiction for adults, and works of narrative history, biography, memoir, spiritual exploration, and psychology. She also represents food, health, and lifestyle experts. She was born in Houston, Texas and divides her time between New York and Atlanta, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.

A voracious reader across genres, Brettne is especially drawn to distinct voices, untold stories, and unique perspectives on historical events. Her interests include literary and art history, tales of love and friendship, unreliable narrators, surprise endings, and anything set in and around libraries, bookstores, old houses or college campuses. She is also fascinated by psychology, neuroscience, and human behavior.

A few books I loved reading in my free time...  Normal People by Sally Rooney, How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith, My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, James by Percival Everett, Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett, Just Kids by Patti Smith, Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Brettne Bloom's Client List includes: