PASSIONATE ABOUT PAGINATING-Agent Rachel Orr-SCBWI Israel

Rachel Orr is celebrating her eighteenth year at Prospect Agency, where she represents both authors and illustrators in projects ranging from board books to YA. She previously worked for eight rewarding years at HarperCollins Children’s Books and uses those editorial skills to help prepare her clients’ work for submission. Her clients include Steve Breen (SKY & TY), Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Leeza Hernandez (CATS IN CONSTRUCTION HATS), Cathy Carr (LOST KITES AND OTHER TREASURES), Cori Doerrfeld (THE RABBIT LISTENED), and Janna Matthies (OVER IN THE GARDEN). In addition to frequently speaking at SCBWI events (which she loves!), Rachel has served on the Rutgers University Council on Children’s Literature for over a decade. A native of Pittsburgh and a Kenyon College graduate, she lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, with her husband and two children, where she enjoys dancing, running, and reading, of course.