Literary Agent, Laura Rennert
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  • A fantasy or historical novel based on Jewish lore or non-Western mythology
  • A literary or academic mystery like Possession 
  • A modern Gothic novel in the vein of Mexican Gothic
  • Layered multicultural fiction like You Bring the Distant Near, When Dipple Met Rishi, and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
  • Thrillers and mysteries with rich psychological insights and authenticity like In The Woods; Barry Eisler's John Rain and Livia Lone series; Motherless Brooklyn; and The Cutting Season
  • Middle grade or YA graphic novel in the vein of New Kid, American Born Chinese, Measuring Up, and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
  • Illustrators with a recognizable, distinctive style
  • Exuberant messy literary love letters in all genres, complicated and happy-sad, that reveal idiosyncratic and universal truths
Laura gravitates toward the gorgeously written, the weirdly idiosyncratic, and the refreshingly unexpected. The common threads in the diverse range of projects she represents are conflicted, dynamic characters; a fresh, strong voice; an unusual point of view; and vivid world-building. She loves works that draw on literary traditions and reimagine them as something completely, captivatingly new. She has a special fondness for books that play with commercial tropes, but give them surprising emotional depth. Her sweet spot in the market is literary voice and commercial conception. 

She'd love to find fiction in all categories with an intriguing, thoughtful, feminist sensibility. She’s seeking speculative fiction, fantasies, and thrillers that use underrepresented traditions, histories, or cultures as the basis for their world-building. She looks for street cred and authenticity—whether of trade-craft, investigative technique, historical or geographical setting, culture, or psychology. She’s fascinated with hidden worlds and secret knowledge.

Some TV favorites are THE EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO, BODY GUARD, and THE OLD MAN, and she’d love to find fiction with a similar vibe. Having lived in Japan on and off for four years, she would also love to find a novel having anything to do with Japan or Japanese culture—in any category, like TOKYO EVER AFTER, by Emiko Jean (YA), and FAULT LINES, by Emily Etani (adult).

Laura is, for the most part, only interested in author—illustrator works in the picture book and graphic novel categories.
See more on Laura's Manuscript Wish List

Laura Rennert Author Literary Agent wish list submission guide

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To query Laura, please read and follow the submission guidelines on the Andrea Brown Literary Agency website. To submit your query, visit https://querymanager.com/query/LauraRennert. 

Follow the directions on Query Manager to submit your query. If Laura is interested in reading more, she will request the full manuscript. For illustrators submitting art samples only (not dummies), please put "SEEKING ART REPRESENTATION" in lieu of a title. And "0" or "1" for Word Count. In the sample section, simply write "n/a."
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