THE AGENTS

rachel sussman

Rachel Sussman graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University with a B.A. in English literature. She has worked as an editor at Scribner, where she edited a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, including Dawn Raffel's debut novel, Carrying the Body; Thomas Webber's memoir Flying Over 96th Street; Naama Goldstein's debut short story collection, The Place Will Comfort You; Louis Edwards's novel Oscar Wilde Discovers America; and Jennifer Vogel's memoir Flim-Flam Man. After four years at Scribner, Rachel moved to London, where she worked as an editor with The Literary Consultancy and edited for various U.K. publishing houses on a freelance basis.

Rachel joined the New York office of Zachary Shuster Harmsworth in the summer of 2005. As an agent, she is actively looking for clients in the areas of literary fiction, memoir, psychology, science, popular culture, history, and food writing. Recent sales include Two Kisses for Maddy, a memoir by blogger Matt Logelin (Grand Central); The Compassionate Carnivore: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight about Animals by Western Carolina University professor of psychology Harold Herzog (Harper); Virtually You: How Online Life is Transforming Offline Reality by Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, Director of the Impulse Control Disorders Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine (Norton); I Thought You Were Dead, a novel by Peter Nelson (Algonquin); Can You Get Hooked on Lip Balm? Cosmetic Scientists Answer Your Questions about the Lotions, Potions, Toners, Serums, Shampoos, Conditioners, and Other Products You Use Everyday by cosmetic chemists and bloggers; The Beauty Brains (Harlequin); Sharp Notes: A Tale of Hoods and Hidden Family by International Herald Tribune reporter Doreen Carvajal (Riverhead); and The Go-Getter Girl's Guide: Get What You Want in Work and Life (and Look Great While You’re at It) by lifestyle expert and journalist Debra Shigley (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Press).