Los Bravos Literary
Caroline Greeven
ELEVATOR PITCH
I'm a writer and a literary agent. I've spent the last ten years working on book projects with business-owners, bloggers, musicians, artists, scientists and eccentrics of all stripes. Now I focus on literary collaboration and ghostwriting specifically in the business, style, innovation, popular science and technology categories. If you've got a great story to tell, but don't know how to tell it, then give me a call.
BIO
Caroline Greeven is a collaborator and ghostwriter, with a background as a literary agent. Her recent writing projects include: R.E.D. Marketing, (2021, Harper Collins Leadership) with Yum Brands! about their ground breaking marketing strategies which have made Taco Bell and KFC two of the hottest fast food brands in the world; Incanto (2022, Harper Collins Leadership), written with illycafe, about the Italian way of joyful business; Involution Revolution (2022, Tarcher) written with the Holistic Life Foundation of Baltimore, about their groundbreaking mindfulness program for the most forgotten children in America, and Urban Escape (2022, Penguin Random House) with Homestead Rescue's Marty Raney.
Older projects include the business and innovation guides, Get Big Fast and Do More Good (Amazon, 2013) with America’s second largest natural beauty brand, Yes To, and Beyond the Obvious (Hyperion, 2012) with Hewlett Packard’s former head of innovation. Other projects include a book for St. Martin’s Press with Greg Graffin of Bad Religion on the complex and sometimes violent ways that populations interact.
She has also written celebrity memoirs, lifestyle and DIY guides such as Mother of Purl (Harper Collins, 2004), and Rick James’ memoir, Confessions of a Superfreak. She has also worked as an editor and book doctor for publishers such as Harper One, Crown and Bonus Books and authors such as Mike Ness of the legendary punk band Social Distortion.
As an agent, Greeven spent ten years representing the literary interest of celebrities, musicians and high-profile brands. In 2000, she and her partner started the cutting-edge literary agency, Los Bravos Management. Early clients included country legend Tim McGraw, and fashion and style brands such as Built by Wendy and Project Alabama. Greeven was responsible for approaching and signing high-profile clients, developing the book concepts with them, writing proposals and submission materials, pitching and selling the final projects, and negotiating deals to her clients’ best advantage.
A small sample of books she represented and sold as an agent include; Anarchy Evolution (IT Books), Stitch (STC), How I Killed Pluto... (Spiegal & Grau), Coal into Diamonds (Spiegel & Grau) and a multi-book series for designer Twinkle (Crown).