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 all of her life, Brettne is especially drawn to distinct voices, untold stories, and unique perspectives on historical events. She also loves literary and art history, tales of love and friendship, so-called “millennial fiction,” and anything involving the science of the human body and brain.
A few books I loved reading in my free time... Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, Educated by Tara Westover, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Brettne Bloom's Client List includes:
Patty Chang Anker
Kate Arends
Adrienne Brodeur
Angela Buchdahl
Belle Burden
Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
(the creators of GoFugYourself)
Tena Clark
Juan Cole
Kate Hope Day
Vincent DiGirolamo
Caroline Donofrio
Elisabeth Egan
Juliet Eilperin
Helen Ellis
Lisa Fain
Paul Fisher
Sophie Flack
Mary Gabriel
Erin Gates
Charlotte Gordon
Alexandra Grant
Christy Harrison
Michelle Huneven
Georgia Farinholt Hunter
Jennifer Jackson
Carla Kaplan
Haley Kilpatrick
Genevieve Kingston
Rachel Kousser
Agatha Kulaga and Erin Patinkin
(the creators of Ovenly)
Una LaMarche
Vyvyanne Loh
Caitlin Macy
Lucy Madison and Tram Nguyen
(the creators of Pen & Palate)
Marla Miller
Kristin Knight Pace
Stephen R. Platt
Katherine Preston
Kate Price
Lulu Powers
Tita Ramirez
Aidan Donnelley Rowley