Rena Rossner

The last time the agent had an active listing on Duotrope, the agent was affiliated with The Deborah Harris Agency (see other agents at this agency).

Permanently Closed: This agent is no longer accepting queries (May 2026). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

Rena is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s Writing Seminars Program, she studied at Trinity College, Dublin and holds an MA in History from McGill University. She is the author of the cookbook EATING THE BIBLE (Skyhorse, 2014) and the novel, THE SISTERS OF THE WINTER WOOD (Redhook/Orbit, 2018) which was named "One of the 100 best books of 2018" by Publisher's Weekly. She has been at the agency since 2012.

Country

Israel

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Fiction Closed

Rena is interested in representing Literary and Upmarket Women’s Fiction, Historical Fiction, Thrillers, Horror, and Science Fiction and Fantasy. She has a particular love for novels in verse. She accepts queries for Adult, Young Adult, Middle Grade and Picture Books projects and also works with illustrators.

Audience:

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

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical, Women's Fiction
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction 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.

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Rena Rossner Submission Statistics

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We have received 5 reports from 4 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

29 min | 410.8 mean avg | 105.0 median | 1,300 max days (496.0 std dev)

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 56 days. (80.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 56 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 13 May 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 28 Jan 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:58 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026