Becky Sweren
Becky Sweren works with Pulitzer Prize winning journalists, New York Times bestselling thought leaders and memoirists, and prominent academics. Books she represents have received or been nominated for the National Book Award, the PEN/ESPN Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Nautilus Award, and the American Library in Paris Book Award; as well, they have been named amongst the best of the year by the New York Times, the New Yorker, and the Wall Street Journal. A number of her projects have been optioned for film/tv, and the Netflix docuseries "Big Vape", based on the book of the same name, received an Emmy Award and a nomination for a Critics' Choice Award.
Becky graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University with a BA in English and in Theater Studies. Prior to joining Aevitas, she worked at Janklow & Nesbit Associates.
Becky is interested in investigative journalism, history, current affairs, science, and big ideas that change the conversation.
Represents
These Bones Can Speak: José Tomás Canales, the Texas Rangers, and the Trial that Defined the Border
Counterweights: Iran, Israel, and the Battle for the Middle East
Only The Birds Know: A Love Story Between a People, a Place, and a Remarkable Duck
The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII
The Deep End: The Story of OceanGate and the Race to the Bottom of the Sea
Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait
The Life of the Qur’an: from Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy
Why We Talk Funny
New York, NY 10010
