BJ Robbins

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About

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 quality fiction, both literary and commercial, and general nonfiction, with a particular interest in memoir, biography, narrative history, pop culture, sports, travel/adventure, medicine and health.
A member of AALA and PEN, Ms. Robbins has led workshops at UCLA Extension, UC Irvine Extension, the Writer's Pad, and at the Community of Writers Fiction Workshop. On behalf of PEN, she has been guest speaker in numerous cities in the West as part of their Writers Toolbox program, including Seattle, Portland, Santa Fe, Dallas, Las Cruces, Flagstaff and Oakland. She was profiled in Writer's Digest and mediabistro.com.

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Country & Year Established

United States

Agent since 1992

Professional Associations

Member of AALA

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Statistics Synopsis

Slower: BJ Robbins's overall average response time is slower than most agents.

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Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream, Personal.

Topics:

Health/Medicine.
History: General, Biographies.
Memoir.
Science.
Society/Culture: Ethnicity/Race, Pop culture, See guidelines.
Sports/Recreation.
Travel.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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BJ Robbins Submission Statistics

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We have received 5 reports from 5 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

291 min | 372.6 mean avg | 360.0 median | 523 max days (500.4 std dev)

Pending

4 responses are pending (46 min | 175.8 mean avg | 155.5 median | 346 max days waiting | 158.1 std dev) from 4 different members

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Date compiled: 07 Sep 2026 14:16 UTC (5 hours, 3 minutes ago).

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Last Updated: 13 Aug 2026

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