Renée Zuckerbrot An agent with Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents (see other agents at this agency). About Renée Zuckerbrot— agent (joined 2016) — became an agent after working as an editor at Doubleday. Authors represented by Renée have won or been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the Booker Prize, The National Book Award, the Dublin Literary Award, The Caine Prize for African Writing, the PEN Faulkner Award for Fiction, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, the PEN Jacqueline Bograd Weld Prize for Biography, the PEN E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, the National Magazine Award, the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, B&N's Discover Great New Writers Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, the Story Prize, the PEN/O. Henry Prize, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Locus, the Hugo, the Nebula, the Pushcart, and others. She is a member of the AALA and Authors Guild. She represents commercial and literary fiction--she has a soft spot for short story collections--and science, popular culture, and history in the nonfiction space. Country of Publication United States Professional Associations Member of AALA AI Policy Unknown AI policy Statistics Synopsis Slower Renée Zuckerbrot's overall average response time is slower than most agents. Normal AcceptanceRenée Zuckerbrot's overall acceptance rate is within a normal range for agents. Less ResponsiveRenée Zuckerbrot's overall rate of non-response is higher than most agents. Collapse section Fiction Open Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Genres: GeneralLengths: Fiction Collection NovelStyles: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.Lengths: BookStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream, Personal.Topics: Open to all/most Topics including... History: General, Biographies. Memoir. Science. Society/Culture: Pop culture.Submissions:Method: Email. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary. Go to agent's webpage Report: Submission/Query Correction/Update New Cover ArtSocial:Facebook FacebookInstagram @mmqalit For the Agent: Request Interview Duosuma Submission Manager Link to Duotrope Agent Impersonation Scams are becoming commonplace.A legitimate agent will not contact you and request money to represent you. Never pay an agent an up-front fee. That is not how literary agent representation works. Agents earn a commission only after they've landed a publishing deal for you. Also, agents scarcely ever contact writers. If an agent that you haven't queried contacts you about representation, be suspicious. Look up the agent and check if the email address is correct for that agent/agency. Renée Zuckerbrot Submission Statistics The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the agency or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics. This agent ranks among the 25 Slowest Fiction Agents in our database. This agent ranks among the Most Unresponsive Fiction Agents in our database. Filter: Category: All Categories Fiction Nonfiction Group by submission Include outliers Include other agents at the same agency Accuracy We have received 11 reports from 10 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information. Days Reported 1 min | 293.6 mean avg | 366.0 median | 415 max days (174.7 std dev) Responses 27.27 % Acceptances: 0.00 % Rejections: 27.27 % (73.3 avg. days per rejection) | 100.0 % personal, 0.0 % form, 0.0 % unspecified | 5.0 % partial MS requested Non-Responses 63.64 % Lost/Returned: - Never Responded: 63.64 % (383.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded) Withdrawals 9.09 % (105.0 avg. days per withdrawal) Pending 9 responses are pending (17 min | 183.3 mean avg | 126.0 median | 395 max days waiting | 146.7 std dev) from 9 different members This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days Other Information Most recent response reported was received on 27 Jan 2026. Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 10 Nov 2025. Date compiled: 05 Sep 2026 22:15 UTC (less than a minute ago). Work submitted to this agent was also submitted to...This section is available to subscribers only. 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