Rita Rosenkranz founded Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency in 1990 after a career as an editor
with major New York houses.  

Her adult non-fiction list stretches from the decorative--FLOWERS, WHITE HOUSE STYLE: More Than 125 Arrangements by the Former White House Chief Floral Decorator by Dottie Temple and Stan Finegold (Simon & Schuster) to the dark--SAVING BEAUTY FROM THE BEAST: How to Protect Your Daughter from an Unhealthy Relationship by Vicki Crompton and Ellen Zelda Kessner (Little, Brown; Books for a Better Life Award, 2003).

Other titles include FORBIDDEN FRUIT: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad by Betty DeRamus (Atria Books, essence.com bestseller); OLIVE TREES AND HONEY: A Treasury of Vegetarian Recipes from Jewish Communities Around the World by Gil Marks (Wiley, 2005 James Beard Award winner); the forthcoming TWENTY STRENGTHS ADOPTIVE PARENTS MUST DISCOVER by Sherrie Eldridge (Bantam Dell) and NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM by Bert Sugar with photos by Bruce Curtis (Running Press).

She represents health, history, parenting, music, how-to, popular science, business, biography, sports,  popular reference, cooking, spirituality, and general interest titles. Rita works with major publishing houses, as well as regional publishers that handle niche markets. She looks for projects that present familiar subjects freshly or lesser-known subjects presented commercially.

She is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives (AAR), The Authors Guild and IWWG.