CECILE BARENDSMA RYANS

Cecile Barendsma grew up in the Netherlands, studied Linguistics and Literature at the University of Amsterdam, and moved to New York after finishing the Radcliffe Publishing Course. She studied International Relations at the New School, and Spanish at El Taller. She speaks Dutch and German, and reads French. With decades of experience in international publishing, and as Director Foreign Rights at Janklow & Nesbit Associates she worked, among many others, with President Carter, Joan Didion, Tom Harris, Rachel Khong, Rao Pingru, Eric Schlosser, Gay Talese, Craig Thompson, and Tom Wolfe. Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism were among CBLA's first clients. Cecile attends the Frankfurt and London Book Fairs, is a Jerusalem Book Fair Fellow, and was a guest speaker at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair, and Penn State writers workshop. She lives in Brooklyn, and bikes to the office. When not in the office or working from elsewhere, she can be found on long walks with her husband; in a museum or at an art show; playing or watching tennis; catching up with friends; visiting family; traveling to explore or to relax; or on the couch watching a movie or absorbed in a book.