Black Literary Agents

“Despite the results of the Lee & Low Books 2023 survey, revealing that 72.5% of the publishing industry predominantly identified as white, Literary Agents of Change and I strive to continue making agenting and publishing more accessible to marginalized communities.

To aid this effort, we launched the Equity Directory in February 2024 to provide BIPOC authors and editors with a database of BIPOC agents.

In a recent interview with Poets & Writers, Inc., vice president of LAoC Katie Kotchman and I shared the impact of the Equity Directory, as well as the success rate of BIPOC agents through mentorship programs that give rising agents the chance to learn from agenting.” —Regina Brooks, founder and CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency and President of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA)