Jenny Bent

An agent with The Bent Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

In the course of my career, I have represented a great many award-winning and New York Times-bestselling authors, a list which includes Stephanie Garber, Morgan Ryan, Gary John Bishop, Lori Nelson Spielman, Goldy Moldavsky, Tiffany D. Jackson, Elise Kova, Yangsze Choo, Dustin Thao, Arvin Ahmadi, Lynsay Sands, JT Geissinger and Samantha Bailey.
I’m currently looking for clients I can co-rep with my colleague James Mustelier. We are looking for all kinds of high concept genre fiction for adults and young adults: horror, fantasy, suspense/thriller, romantasy and romance. Of particular interest are authors who have successfully been working in the indie space and are now looking to transition into traditional or hybrid publishing. We additionally welcome submissions from BIPOC authors.

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Country of Publication

International

Professional Associations

Member of AAA AALA

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In general, I tend to prefer plot-driven books to character-driven ones and pacing is very important to me. I also love novels — for adults or young adults — that have an element of magic or fantasy to them or that take me into a world that is new to me, whether real or imaginary. And while I love books to be dark and weird in terms of content, I find that I am more drawn to traditional, rather than experimental, methods of structure and storytelling. Finally, I am not the right fit for books with overtly political or extremely complicated plotlines.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults.

Genres:

General Subgenre: Women's Fiction
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

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

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In nonfiction, I am looking for authors with a unique approach and a very large existing platform. I’m not generally the right choice for memoir or narrative non-fiction, but I’m always open to hearing a pitch just in case.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics (Excluding: Sports/Recreation (General)) including...
Memoir.

Submissions:

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

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We have received 2 reports from 2 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

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1 response is pending (205 days waiting).

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The agent will try to make a decision within 30 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 30 days.)
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Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:58 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 25 May 2026

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