Are you Penelope Burns?
Claim this profile to manage your wishlist, control what writers see, and receive AI-ranked submissions — free, always.
Penelope Burns
Gelfman Schneider
Deep dive on Penelope Burns
Sign in to run a deep-dive web search on Penelope Burns — we'll pull public interviews, MSWL posts, and recent deals into a short summary of what they love and hate to see in the slush pile.
About
Penelope Burns is an agent at Gelfman Schneider / ICM Partners, where she has worked her way up from assistant to agent. She represents a range of fiction and nonfiction and is known for being an actively building her list.
Currently Looking For
Burns has stated on MSWL and interviews that she is interested in literary and upmarket fiction, historical fiction, narrative nonfiction, and memoir. She is drawn to character-driven stories, diverse perspectives, and writing with a strong sense of place or voice.
Submission Guidelines
Gelfman Schneider accepts email queries. Burns asks for a query letter and the first pages of the manuscript in the body of the email. The agency generally does not accept unsolicited attachments.
Query this agent
Write query letter →Sign in to write a query letter tailored to this agent, then send through our platform.
Their guidelines say to email queries, but we don't have their address on file.