Rachel Beck
Liza Dawson Associates | Pittsburgh, Pa.
GENRES: Adult fiction (women’s fiction/upmarket/book club, suspense/thrillers, rom-coms), contemporary young adult, select nonfiction (health/wellness, parenting, sports, cultural criticism/social justice, feminism)
CLIENTS INCLUDE: Vered Benhorin, Sara Goodman Confino, Georgina Cross, Britt Frank, Rea Frey, Swati Hegde, Patricia Johns, Ellen Won Steil, Jaclyn Westlake
Rachel Beck joined Liza Dawson Associates in 2020. She got her start in publishing by interning with two literary agencies in New York, and then became an editorial assistant on Harlequin’s Christian romance line. She transitioned to agenting in 2015, working with Holloway Literary, and building a list from referrals, cold queries, and conferences.
She’s become more selective when it comes to the quality of the work. “I’m less inclined to take on a project that needs more editorial work…
