Brettne Bloom is a literary agent and partner with The Book Group. Brettne has been a literary agent since 2002. She works with a wide range of writers, from New York Times bestselling novelists to award-winning historians, journalists, scientists, memoirists, biographers. Her clients have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN New England Award, the First Novel Prize, and the Impac Dublin Literary Award, among others.

BrettneÕs areas of interest include literary and commercial fiction for adults, and works of narrative history, biography, memoir, spiritual exploration, and psychology. She also represents food, health, and lifestyle experts. She was born in Houston, Texas and divides her time between New York and Atlanta, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. A voracious reader all of her life, Brettne is especially drawn to distinct voices, untold stories, and unique perspectives on historical events. She also loves literary and art history, tales of love and friendship, so-called Òmillennial fiction,Ó and anything involving the science of the human body and brain.