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	Brenda Bowen Brenda represents many wonderful children’s book authors and artists, among them national bestsellers Rosemary Wells and Hilary Knight; National Book Award finalist Martine Leavitt; award-winning novelist Donna Jo Napoli; New York Times Best Illustrated winners Carin Berger, Vladimir Radunsky, and Stephen Savage; poet and novelist George Ella Lyon; and newcomers Michelle Cuevas, Annette Simon, and Naoko Stoop. She has recently taken on a handful of adult trade fiction and non-fiction writers, too, though children’s books are her specialty. Before joining Greenburger in the summer of 2009, Brenda held a variety of positions during her twenty five-plus years in children’s publishing. She has been editorial director of Henry Holt & Company; Disney Book Group/Hyperion; Scholastic Press; and Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Books Brenda has edited have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, and have won the National Book Award, the Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Caldecott Honor, the Printz Honor, and the Eisner Award. She is a member of the board of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. As an agent, Brenda continues to nurture creative careers and to work closely with clients on the editorial direction of their projects. Brenda writes under the name Margaret McNamara, and is herself represented by Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. She prefers email submissions. More details can be found www.bowenpress.blogspot.com.

For an updated list of clients, please visit www.bowenpress.blogspot.com

Rosemary Wells
YOKO LEARNS TO READ (Hyperion)

Martine Leavitt
MY BOOK OF LIFE BY ANGEL (FSG; Groundwood)

Michelle Cuevas
THE MASTERWORK OF A PAINTING ELEPHANT (Frances Foster/FSG)

Vladimir Radunsky
ALBERT EINSTEIN (Chronicle)
ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS (Donzelli)

Mark Newgarden & Megan Montague Cash
BOW-WOW’S NIGHTMARE NEIGHBORS (Roaring Brook)
BOW-WOW’S CURIOUS COMICS (Roaring Brook)

George Ella Lyon
HOLDING ON TO ZOE (Margaret Ferguson/FSG)

Naoko Stoop
RED KNIT CAP GIRL (Little, Brown)

G. Brian Karas
THE APPLE RIDDLE (Schwartz & Wade)
VILLAGE GREENMARKET (Henry Holt & Company)

Rohitash Rao
HERBERT’S WORMHOLE 2 (HarperCollins)

David Milgrim
SANTA DUCK AND HIS MERRY HELPERS (Putnam)
EDDIE GETS READY FOR SCHOOL (Scholastic)

Susan Hood
SPIKE (Paula Wiseman/S&S)
JUST SAY “BOO!” (HarperCollins)
THE TOOTH MOUSE (Kids Can Press)

Annette Simon
ROBOT ZOMBIE FRANKENSTEIN (Candlewick)

Steve Metzger
WILL PRINCESS ISABEL EVER SAY PLEASE? (Holiday House)

Jessie Hartland
HOW THE SPHINX GOT TO THE MUSEUM (Blue Apple)
HOW THE BRONTOSAURUS GOT TO THE MUSEUM (Blue Apple)

Carin Berger
A PERFECT DAY (Greenwillow)

Chris Raschka
A SONG ABOUT MYSELF (Candlewick)