Background
Rodell was born in New York City, and attended Vassar College (Bachelor 1932).
Rodell was born in New York City, and attended Vassar College (Bachelor 1932).
Vassar College.
After nine years as an editor for mystery novels, Rodell formed her own literary agency in 1948. That year she met Rachel Carson, who hired her. She worked with Carson for the remainder of her life, and after Carson"s death in 1964 became her literary executor.
She compiled and organized the Rachel Carson Papers (which took over two years) and arranged for the posthumous publication of A Sense of Wonder.
In 1957 she was Martin Luther King, Junior."s literary agent for Stride Toward Freedom. Rodell wrote Mystery Fiction: Theory and Technique.
In his column of November 7, 1943, Chicago Tribune book columnist Vincent Starrett called this “one of the most entertaining textbooks ever written.” She was also the editor of the Regional Murder Series.
Rodell wrote three mystery novels and was a member of Mensa.