Ann Tanenbaum, Founder & President
Ann Tanenbaum has been in book publishing for over 50 years, working for Viking Press, Random House, ABRAMS, Doubleday International, and Newsweek Books. She’s held executive positions in marketing, editorial, and management. Her career highlights include planning and escorting Norman and Molly Rockwell on the publicity tour for what became the best-selling ABRAMS book, Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator. Ann published the first American book on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Madame Prime Minister by Allan J. Mayer at Newsweek.
In 1980, Ann established Tanenbaum International Publishing Services (TIPS), an agenting and consulting practice that created alliances between art, illustrated, and reference book publishers worldwide. In 2000, Ann founded with two partners LTD Editions LLC, a visual book agenting and packaging company. In 2010, Ann folded TIPS and LTD Editions into what is now Tanenbaum International Literary Agency. In addition to representing books on the arts and illustrated children’s books, Ann has a commitment to nurturing non-fiction projects on current affairs and humanitarian concerns.
Ann serves on the boards of The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, the Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
Kate Ellsworth, Editor/Associate Agent
Kate Ellsworth joined Tanenbaum International after completing the Columbia Publishing Course and graduating from Kenyon College. She previously gained experience as an intern at Foundry Literary + Media, a creative non-fiction editor at Sunset Press, and an associate at the Kenyon Review.
Kate is looking for nonfiction and art/illustrated books that blend creative sensibilities with commercial appeal. In both those categories, she is especially interested in arts, design, lifestyle, health and wellness, and creative or personal development titles.
Mary Noorlander, Agency Assistant
Mary Noorlander joined Tanenbaum International after graduating from the American University of Paris and the Columbia Publishing Course. She previously worked as an editorial assistant at the Center for Writers and Translators, editor-in-chief of the literary arts journal Paris/Atlantic, and reader at The White Review. In addition to her work with TILA, she is a proofreader and translation reviewer for Europa Editions.
Mary is interested in autofiction, as well as nonfiction projects with a fresh, targeted focus and a singular voice. Most broadly, her interests include critical translation, modern Greek language and culture, Indigenous perspectives, and narratives which are either convincing, surprising, or able to make her laugh.