Brenda Bowen is a literary agent who specializes in children's books.

 

In addition, she is the author of Enchanted August (Viking). Her forthcoming novel, The Emergency Book Club, is slated to be published by Morrow in winter 2027. Her most recent book for adults is Goodnight Night Sweats, A Parody for the Menopausal and their Perimenopausal Friends, illustrated by Jessie Hartland.

 

Under the penname Margaret McNamara, Brenda Bowen is the award-winning author of over forty books for children.

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A former editor and publisher who spent her Wonder Years in England, Brenda Bowen lives and works in New York City and spends as much of the summer as she can in Maine. 

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