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Rachel has a BA in English and French from Duke University. She started her career in publishing as the Publicity Manager at St. Martin’s Press, where she worked for two years. She then became the Associate Director of Publicity for Dutton & Gotham (a Penguin Group USA imprint), where she promoted new and number one bestselling fiction and non-fiction authors. <\/p>\n

Rachel became a literary agent in 2012 when she started working at the Irene Goodman Agency, in New York, where she stayed for six years. During her time at the Irene Goodman Agency, she represented young adult, women’s fiction, historical fiction, thrillers, mysteries, and the occasional unconventional non-fiction book. In 2018 Rachel joined Folio Literary Management as a literary agent.<\/p>\n

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