Ms. Jenny Bent
The Bent Agency
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General
Jenny Bent
The Bent Agency
19 West 21st Street, Suite 201
New York, NY 10010
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- thebentagency.com
- Blog/Other:
- jennybent.blogspot.com/
- AALA Member:
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Query Methods
Accepts queries via...
E-Mail
Closed to Unsolicited Queries
Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:
Fiction
Commercial
Crime/Police
Humor/Satire
Literary Fiction
Middle Grade
Romance
Speculative
Thrillers/Suspense
Women's Fiction
Young Adult
Non-Fiction
How To
Memoir
Self-Help
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Yangsze Choo
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Kate Cohen
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Brent Crawford
Susan Crawford
Ann Cummins
Janelle Denison
Michael Farquhar
Genevive Field
Jayson Gallaway
Stephanie Garber
Rita Herron
Sandra Hill
Hanna C. Howard
A.G. Howard
Nicole Knepper
Kieran Kramer
Roselle Lim
Julia London
Jo Manning
Luann McLane
Suzanne McMinn
Jane Mendle
Goldy Moldavsky
Lori Nelson Spielman
Laurie Notaro
Beth Pattillo
Dawn Prince-Hughes
Sara Pritchard
Sandy Rideout
Liz Rosenberg
Lori Roy
Lynda Sandoval
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Amanda Trimble
Rob Vlock
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Bev West
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Author Comments
Comments by authors about this agent.
Sensoo
03/22/2023 03:13 PM
EQ: 2/4/23
Form Rejection: 3/22/23
Website says it's a 'no" after four weeks, but appreciate the confirmation.
128k urban fantasy
Form Rejection: 3/22/23
Website says it's a 'no" after four weeks, but appreciate the confirmation.
128k urban fantasy
itsmetheresac
03/22/2023 11:55 AM
Queried 2/2/2023
Form rejection 3/22/23
"Thank you so much for writing me about your manuscript and my apologies for my delay in responding. I’m respectfully stepping aside, but please do feel free to query one of my TBA colleagues if your work is still available. I appreciate that you thought of me and wish you the very best of luck finding the ideal agent for your work."
Form rejection 3/22/23
"Thank you so much for writing me about your manuscript and my apologies for my delay in responding. I’m respectfully stepping aside, but please do feel free to query one of my TBA colleagues if your work is still available. I appreciate that you thought of me and wish you the very best of luck finding the ideal agent for your work."
virtu0us
03/18/2023 05:25 PM
Original Query: 2/4/23
Re-queried: 3/4/23 per her email if no response in 4 weeks. Got auto message back that she has fallen behind and closed to queries after 2/20/23 to catch up
Re-queried: 3/4/23 per her email if no response in 4 weeks. Got auto message back that she has fallen behind and closed to queries after 2/20/23 to catch up
DanielleDauthor
03/17/2023 01:05 PM
Website says it's okay to re-query after four weeks if you don't have a response. Has anyone ever done that? It seems like, in general, queries are taking way longer right now.
nansk22
03/07/2023 09:31 AM
EQ: 94,000 YA crossover 1-19-23
Received standard query confirmation.
Received standard query confirmation.
shworthy
02/21/2023 07:57 AM
EQ: 01/13/23
FR: 02/20/23
FR: 02/20/23
Profile Update
Patrick (Admin)
02/20/2023 11:49 AM
Profile Update: Closed to queries.
AshShees
02/20/2023 08:59 AM
EQ: 1/10/2023
2/6/2023, decided to requery since it's been 4 weeks officially now
Rejection: 2/20/2023 Oh shoot, she responded to the first one…do I respond to the second?
YA contemporary fantasy 98k
2/6/2023, decided to requery since it's been 4 weeks officially now
Rejection: 2/20/2023 Oh shoot, she responded to the first one…do I respond to the second?
YA contemporary fantasy 98k
SaraphinaMarie
02/11/2023 04:02 PM
EQ: 12/20/2022
Nudge after 4 wks: 1/26/2023
Auto-replies for each email. Current query age is 42 days.
UPDATE: Kind but impersonal rejection with apologies for the extra long wait (query age 53 days). 2/11/23
Nudge after 4 wks: 1/26/2023
Auto-replies for each email. Current query age is 42 days.
UPDATE: Kind but impersonal rejection with apologies for the extra long wait (query age 53 days). 2/11/23
aalogan
02/10/2023 03:39 PM
EQ: 2/2/23 80k speculative adult retelling (received auto-receipt email)
Nudged with offer of rep: 2/10/23
Nudged with offer of rep: 2/10/23
caharris7
02/08/2023 07:35 PM
EQ: 2/8/23
YA Fantasy 88k words
YA Fantasy 88k words
smjekw
02/04/2023 12:04 PM
She seems to rep adult and YA only. No MG.
mharwood
02/01/2023 10:38 AM
Nudge after four weeks: 3/1/2023
emilyclaire5020
01/30/2023 02:14 PM
Email Query: 12/28/22
Nudge w/Offer of Rep: 1/19/23
Closing No Response: 1/30/23
YA Fantasy 75k
Nudge w/Offer of Rep: 1/19/23
Closing No Response: 1/30/23
YA Fantasy 75k
shworthy
01/13/2023 11:48 PM
EQ: 1/13/2023
YA Fantasy 104k
Got an auto-response in my Gmail Promotions tab (be sure to check there).
YA Fantasy 104k
Got an auto-response in my Gmail Promotions tab (be sure to check there).
sara_gilbert_writes
01/08/2023 02:22 PM
EQ: 1/8/23
Literary/Upmarket 75k
Literary/Upmarket 75k
mchabe
12/19/2022 02:14 PM
Rejection
Dear [Me],
Thank you so much for writing me about your manuscript. I’m respectfully stepping aside, but please do feel free to query one of my TBA colleagues if you’d like. I appreciate that you thought of me and wish you the very best of luck finding the ideal agent for your work.
All best,
Jenny
Jenny Bent
The Bent Agency
www.thebentagency.com
Dear [Me],
Thank you so much for writing me about your manuscript. I’m respectfully stepping aside, but please do feel free to query one of my TBA colleagues if you’d like. I appreciate that you thought of me and wish you the very best of luck finding the ideal agent for your work.
All best,
Jenny
Jenny Bent
The Bent Agency
www.thebentagency.com
Berkvase
12/12/2022 08:23 PM
EQ 10/27/22
ER 11/11/22
99k upmarket
ER 11/11/22
99k upmarket
kalip2812
12/10/2022 04:30 PM
EQ: 12/10/22 Fantasy 130k
Standard auto-reply: found it in my promotions folder
Standard auto-reply: found it in my promotions folder
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- Last Update:
- 02/20/2023 - Closed to queries.
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Very nice rejection 3/24/23
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