Barbara Braun Associates, Inc.

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Barbara Braun Associates, Inc. is a full service literary agency in New York City. Barbara Braun, president, is joined by associate John F. Baker, and an assistant.

She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, has worked as an editor and journalist, as well as a university teacher, and is the author of three books and numerous articles.

We represent both literary and commercial fiction and serious nonfiction, including psychology, biography, history, women's issues, social and political issues, cultural criticism, as well as art, architecture, photography, fashion and design.

Our fiction is strong on stories for women, art-related fiction, historical and multicultural stories, and to a lesser extent mysteries and thrillers. We are interested in narrative non-fiction and current affairs books by journalists.

We do not represent poetry, science fiction, fantasy, horror or screenplays.

Our clients' books are represented throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America by various sub-agents.

We are also active in selling motion picture rights to the books we represent, and work with various Hollywood agencies.

Member of Association of Authors' Representatives, Inc.

Commission fees: 15% domestic, 20% foreign.

No reading fees.

Barbara Braun Associates, Inc.
Literary Agency
151 West 19th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10011


Featured Books

LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY by Susan Vreeland
"A fully realized portrait of this groundbreaking painter...enlivened by Vreeland's understanding of the artistic mind." -Boston Herald

*Starred Review* Once again--to the delight of her legion of fans—the best-selling author…imaginatively uses art history as the basis for a carefully constructed historical novel…an amazingly engrossing reinvigoration of the lives of the individuals who modeled for Renoir… [a] riveting, complex novel. Booklist

LOOKING FOR SALVATION AT THE DAIRY QUEEN by Susan Gregg Gilmore
“If I had to make a comparison I would compare Gilmore to Fannie Flagg, but Gilmore more than holds her own. This is an unusually engaging novel by a very fine writer who knows exactly what she is doing.” -- Lee Smith, author of Saving Grace and On Agate Hill
HEARTBREAK TOWN by Marsha Moyer
“In Heartbreak Town, Marsha Moyer has drawn the world of East Texas so endearingly—it’s as though Lee Smith donned a pair of cowboy boots, put a trailer hitch on her pick up truck and started listening to Hank Williams.” -- Amy Wallen, author of MoonPies and Movie Stars
THE FIRST WAVE: A BILLY BOYLE WORLD WAR II MYSTERY by James R. Benn
"Benn’s hero is still wide-eyed and bushy-tailed in THE FIRST WAVE... but his character has deepened... spirited wartime storytelling." -- Marylin Stasio, New York Times "High-spirited... gripping... [a] lively story" -- Publisher's Weekly
THE LOST VAN GOGH by A.J. Zerries
"[A] smart, emotionally loaded, and strongly anchored art caper...Great action sequences, complicated characters, swanky settings, dramatic betrayals, and intriguing art history make for a suspenseful and provocative tale about the perplexing union of beauty and evil." Booklist *STAR*
NON-FICTION
SURFACES: VISUAL RESEARCH FOR ARCHITECTS, ARTISTS, AND DESIGNERS by Judy Juracek
"Without a doubt, these three volumes comprise an amazing collection of images and information that no theatre designer should be without... inspirational and functional, beautiful and practical." -Theatre Design & Technology
HUMBLE PIE: MUSINGS ON WHAT LIES BENEATH THE CRUST by Anne Dimock
"Anne Dimock is the Proust of pie and her remembrance of pies past is meant to inspire the pies to come. This is a lovely and elegant memoir." - Garrison Keillor



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