Julie Barer, Faye Bender, Brettne Bloom, and Elisabeth Weed will join together to establish The Book Group. This new venture will be a full-service literary agency.
According to Publishers Lunch, each of these literary agents have more than a decade of experience in the industry. Some of the authors on the agency’s client list “include Kristin Cashore, Liane Moriarty, Paula McLain, Elisabeth Egan, Lisa Fain, Joshua Ferris, Sarah Jio, Lily King, Celeste Ng, Allison Winn Scotch, Helen Simonson, J. Courtney Sullivan, and Luisa Weiss.”
Newbery Medal winner Rebecca Stead has also been brought on as an agent. She aims to work with clients who write fiction stories for adults, young adults, middle grade readers, and children.