The Redwood Agency

Welcome to Redwood Agency. Experienced Literary Management

Redwood Agency provides development expertise and representation to authors and organizations for high-quality, nonfiction works created for the general consumer market. Along with our love of books and publishing we have the desire and commitment to work with fun, interesting, and creative people, to do so with respect and professionalism, but also with a sense of humor. Redwood will consider projects in the following categories:

Health

Narrative Nonfiction

Popular Culture

Cooking

Nature

Parenting

Aging

General Reference

Memoir

Women’s Interests

Popular Psychology

Self Help

Non-fiction “Chick Lit”

Business

Humor

Lifestyle

Cultural Technology

Quirky Projects

We are also interested in projects with the potential to become book series. Read more about our Mission and check out some of our sales.

Project Submissions

Redwood Agency is accepting new project submissions. If your project is on one of the above categories, or on another compelling, consumer nonfiction topic, please review our Submission Guidelines and send us an email or Quick Query for our consideration prior to mailing materials. If we are interested we will request a Proposal.

The Founder

Redwood’s founder, Catherine Fowler, brings to the Agency more than 20 years experience in mainstream publishing, having worked for Random House and Simon & Schuster among others. As an editor, subsidiary rights director and associate publisher for Doubleday, Simon & Schuster and Random House she has worked with many top authors and well-known brands and has negotiated millions of dollars of content rights deals. At Simon & Schuster and Random House, was also a pioneer of new media strategies. After relocating to California in 1994, she gained entrepreneurial experience as a content executive for a number of well-known Internet start ups, including Excite and WebMD, where she ran their consumer travel and health content divisions. [Full Bio]