BJ Robbins

Submissions: open

BJ Robbins Literary Agency – Owner

http://www.bjrobbinsliterary.com

BJ Robbins opened her Los Angeles-based agency in 1992 after a multifaceted career in book publishing in NY. She started in publicity at Simon & Schuster and was later Marketing Director and then Senior Editor at Harcourt. Her agency represents authors in a multitude of categories, including literary and general fiction, select genre fiction (mystery, suspense/thriller, historical, horror), sophisticated young adult fiction, and nonfiction with commercial appeal, including biography, memoir, history, health, science, and pop culture A member of AALA and PEN, Ms. Robbins has taught or led workshops at UCLA Extension, UC Irvine Extension, the Writer’s Pad, and at the Community of Writers Fiction Workshop and the UCR Palm Desert Low Residency MFA program. She was profiled in Writer’s Digest and mediabistro.com.

Subject Focus

Fiction Debut
Fiction Horror
Fiction Mystery
Thriller
General Fiction
Fiction Literary
Non Fiction Biography
Non Fiction Health
Non Fiction History Politics Current Affairs
Non Fiction Memoir
Non Fiction Narrative
Non Fiction Pop Culture
Non Fiction Science
Non Fiction True Crime

Experience

31

Years of Industry
Experience

2000

Member Since

Submission Requirements

Please send all queries by email to robbinsliterarysubmissions@gmail.com. Include in the body of your email, for both fiction and nonfiction: A succinct description of your work, any relevant bio information (your career background, experience, and/or pastimes as they pertain to your writing, any publishing history), and the first ten pages of your book. A synopsis is optional. Please note that we will only respond to those queries we wish to pursue.