Rita Rosenkranz founded Rita
Rosenkranz Literary Agency
in 1990 after a career as an
editor with major
New York
houses.
She represents health,
history, parenting, music,
how-to, popular science,
business, biography, sports,
popular reference, cooking,
writing,
spirituality, and general
interest titles. Rita works
with major publishing
houses, as well as regional
publishers that handle niche
markets. She looks for
projects that present
familiar subjects freshly or
lesser-known subjects
presented commercially.
Her adult non-fiction list
stretches from the
decorative--Flowers,
White House Style: More Than 125
Arrangements by the Former
White House Chief Floral
Decorator by Dottie Temple
and Stan Finegold (Simon &
Schuster) to the
dark--Saving
Beauty from the Beast: How to Protect Your
Daughter from an Unhealthy
Relationship by Vicki
Crompton and Ellen Zelda Kessner (Little, Brown;
Books for a Better Life
Award, 2003).
Other titles include
Stephen Hawking: An
Unfettered Mind by Kitty
Ferguson (Palgrave
Macmillan);
Olive
Trees and Honey: A Treasury of
Vegetarian Recipes from
Jewish Communities Around
the World (Wiley, 2005
James Beard Award
winner) and Encyclopedia
of Jewish Food (James
Beard Award nominee,
2011) by Gil Marks;
The Writer's Workout by
Christina Katz (Writer's
Digest Books);
Bert Sugar's National
Baseball Hall of Fame
and Museum by Bert
Sugar with photos by
Bruce Curtis (Running
Press);
Twenty Strengths
Adoptive Parents Need to
Succeed by Sherrie
Eldridge (Bantam Dell);
Roll Around Heaven: An
All-true Accidental
Spiritual Adventure
by Jessica Maxwell
(Beyond Words/Atria) winner
of the 2010 Nautilus Book Award, Gold Winner,
Memoir/Personal Growth;
COVR awards (Coalition
of Visionary Retailers),
Best Spiritual Memoir;
and
29 Gifts: How a Month of
Giving Can Change Your
Life by Cami
Walker (DaCapo Press,
New York Times
bestseller, MS Awareness
Award Winner, Books for
a Better Life).
She is a member of the
Association of Authors'
Representatives (AAR), The
Authors Guild, Women's Media
Group and IWWG.