Rachel joined the agency in 2010, and specializes in children’s literature (middle-grade and YA, fiction and non-fiction), narrative driven non-fiction, and literary, commercial, contemporary and historical fiction for adults. Her clients include National and International bestsellers, and nominees and winners for awards such as the Kirkus Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Awards, the OLA’s Forest of Tree Awards, the Writer’s Trust Awards, the Trillium Awards, the BC Book Awards, CBC’s Canada Reads, the Sunburst Award, the Canadian Jewish Literary Award, the Lambda Literary Awards, the Pink Triangle Awards, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Awards. She frequently travels throughout North America to writers’ festivals and literary events to moderate panels, take part in quick-pitch sessions, and host workshops for authors. Rachel is actively seeking ground-breaking and heart-breaking middle grade and YA titles in all genres. She is drawn to works with a whimsical nature or a grounded, gritty edge in equal measure, though in either instance, unforgettable characters and original concepts are a must. She also has a natural soft spot for exquisite literary fiction, and thought-provoking, high-concept speculative fiction. In non-fiction, Rachel is looking for narrative-driven memoirs, and anything quirky, life affirming or mind blowing. When not travelling or reading for pleasure or work, Rachel loves spending time with her family, going on hikes, inventing new recipes under the strict supervision of her cats, Mimsy and Frodo, listening to true-crime podcasts, planning for the upcoming alien/zombie invasion, and swimming in lakes and oceans as much as possible.
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