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Caryn Karmatz Rudy

DeFiore & Company
Literary Agent United States

Genres Represented

Literary FictionCommercial FictionUpmarket FictionContemporary FictionMystery+6

About Caryn

Caryn Karmatz Rudy joined DeFiore and Company in the fall of 2010. Prior to becoming a literary agent, she spent seventeen years as an editor of both fiction and non-fiction for Warner Books/Grand Central Publishing. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, she currently sits on the Board of Kelly Writers House. She represents adult fiction across commercial, book club, literary, and thriller categories, as well as narrative and practical non-fiction, parenting, lifestyle, women's issues, and memoirs.

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