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Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones 0000000034178764 Born in Atlanta, GA in 1970, Tayari Jones is an accomplished author and educator. After obtaining her Masters from the University of Iowa, she taught Developmental Readi...
2013 Guide to Literary Agents
2013 Guide to Literary Agents Chuck Sambuchino 9781599635972 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary Agent!No matter what you’re writi...
Guide to Literary Agents 2016: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published (Market)
Guide to Literary Agents 2016: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published (Market) Chuck Sambuchino 9781599639406 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books THE BEST RESOURCE AVAILABLE FO...
2012 Guide to Literary Agents
2012 Guide to Literary Agents Chuck Sambuchino 9781599632292 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary AgentNo matter what you’re writin...
Notes on “Quotes” from An American Marriage
Notes on “Quotes” from An American Marriage Tayari Jones Article “But home isn’t where you land; home is where you launch. You can’t pick your home any more than you can choose your...
Gayl Jones
Gayl Jones 0000000109336115 “Gayl Jones is an exceptionally talented writer.” —Robert Fleming Gayl Jones was born on November 23, 1949, in Lexington, Kentucky. Her father Franklin J...
Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, & Literary Agents 2009: Who They Are! What They Want! How To Win Them Over!m19th Edition
Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, & Literary Agents 2009: Who They Are! What They Want! How To Win Them Over!m19th Edition Jeff Herman 9780977268245 Nonfiction Three Dog Press Three Dog...
2011 Guide To Literary Agents
2011 Guide To Literary Agents Chuck Sambuchino 9781582979533 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books Now includes subscription to GLA online (the agents section of writersmarket.com)!No...
Guide to Literary Agents 30th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published
Guide to Literary Agents 30th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published Robert Lee Brewer 9780593332092 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Best Resource Available fo...
Guide to Literary Agents 2018: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting an Agent
Guide to Literary Agents 2018: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting an Agent Cris Freese 9781440352669 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books No matter what you’re writing—fiction or nonf...
An American Marriage: A Novel
An American Marriage: A Novel Tayari Jones 9781616208776 Fiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. Read Tayari’s, “Notes on “Quotes” from An American Marriage” An American Marriage is ...
Kin: A Novel
Kin: A Novel Tayari Jones 9780525659181 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Join Our Book Discussion on Zoom ● June 28, 2026 ● 2 p.m. EDT A magnificent new novel from the best...
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow Tayari Jones 9781616201425 Fiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, “My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,” author Tayari Jon...
Guide to Literary Agents 2017: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting an Agent
Guide to Literary Agents 2017: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting an Agent Chuck Sambuchino 9781440347764 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The best resource available for finding ...
Kim Jones
Kim Jones 0000000385386573 Kimberly Jones, an educator at Lawton Public Schools since 1998, is committed to community improvement. She has initiated numerous programs including “The Colors of Life,” ...
The Birdcatcher
The Birdcatcher Gayl Jones 9780807029947 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature.” —Imani Per...
2009 Guide To Literary Agents
2009 Guide To Literary Agents Chuck Sambuchino 9781582975481 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books Now, more than ever, in a market glutted with aspiring writers and a shrinking numbe...
Cris Freese
Cris Freese NONE Cris Freese is a technical editor, writer, and literary intern for Corvisiero Literary Agency. He was previously the managing editor of Writer’s Digest Books, where he worked with no...
Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones 0000000031494569 Patricia Spears Jones, born in Arkansas, is the 2024 New York State Poet Laureate, a Jackson Poetry Prize laureate, and a cultural activist. An esteemed poet, p...
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild MULTIPLE Authors Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild are recognized for their indiv...
Solomon Jones
Solomon Jones NONE Solomon Jones is a bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and community advocate who overcame adversity to succeed. He began his career writing articles while living in a sh...
Van Jones
Van Jones 0000000120304157 Van Jones, a Yale-educated attorney, is a best-selling author, environmental activist, and White House policy advisor. Known as a social entrepreneur, CNN political contrib...
Atlanta Noir
Atlanta Noir Tayari Jones 9781617755378 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Georgia Center for the Book has chosen Atlanta Noir as one of 2018’s Books All Georgians Should Read!Kenji Jasper’s "A Momen...
Chuck Sambuchino
Chuck Sambuchino 0000000051156057 Chuck Sambuchino is an editor and published author who runs the Guide to Literary Agents Blog, one of the biggest blogs in publishing. His site has instruction and ...
Leaving Atlanta
Leaving Atlanta Thumper Book Review Tayari Jones enters the literary scene with Leaving Atlanta, a novel that takes place in 1979 Atlanta, Georgia during what came to be known as the Atlanta Child ...
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones Carole Boyce-Davies 9780822341161 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In Left of Karl Marx, Carole...
Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones 0000000447812524 Leslie Jones, born in 1967, is an award-nominated actress known for her work on Saturday Night Live and HBO Max series Our Flag Means Death. She's been recognized as one...
Clarence B. Jones
Clarence B. Jones 0000000036182118 AALBC mourns the passing of Clarence B. Jones Dr. Clarence Benjamin Jones (January 8, 1931 – May 22, 2026) the lawyer who served as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s pe...
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho Gayl Jones 9780807029909 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press From the highly acclaimed author of Corregidora and The Healing—two epic poems, the love songs of fugiti...
The Street
The Street Ann Petry 9780358187547 Fiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR TAYARI JONES "How can a novel’s social criticism be ...
Terry Wells-Jones
Terry Wells-Jones NONE Terry Wells-Jones, a graduate from the University of Wisconsin, is a retired businesswoman and one of the first Black models of the 1960s. She broke barriers as the first woman...
Ghosts of Panama: A Strongman Out of Control, a Murdered Marine, and the Special Agents Caught in the Middle of an Invasion
Ghosts of Panama: A Strongman Out of Control, a Murdered Marine, and the Special Agents Caught in the Middle of an Invasion Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll Jr. 9781400248605 Nonfiction Harper Select Harp...
Actress Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview
Actress Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview Kam Williams Interview Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview Tamala Jones has created a varied career based on her prodigious talent, working steadily...
Country Place: A Novel
Country Place: A Novel Ann Petry 9780063260092 Fiction Mariner Books Classics Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A novel first published in 1947“Petry is the writer we have been waiting for; hers are the stori...
The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin
The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin Hafizah Augustus Geter 9780593448649 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House An acclaimed poet reclaims her origin story as the queer daughter of...
Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic
Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic Valerie Boyd 9781940596471 Nonfiction Lookout Books Lookout Books An anthology of Black resilience and reclamation, with con...
We Are Not Like Them
We Are Not Like Them Christine Pride and Jo Piazza 9781982181031 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond ...
Tayari Jones on the Art of Storytelling
Tayari Jones on the Art of Storytelling Author Interviews
The Untelling
The Untelling Tayari Jones 9780446694568 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Aria Jackson lived through the car crash that killed her father and brother when she was nine. At 25 she b...
Leaving Atlanta
Leaving Atlanta Tayari Jones 9780446690898 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group An award-winning author makes her fiction debut with this coming-of-age story of three young black child...
Saeed Jones
Saeed Jones 0000000365991477 Saeed Jones, award-winning author of 'Prelude to Bruise', is known for his work at BuzzFeed as an LGBT and Culture editor, as well as co-host of AM to DM. Born in Memphis...
Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition In African American Literature
Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition In African American Literature Gayl Jones 9780674530249 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press The powerful novelist here turns penetrating crit...
What’s in a Name
What’s in a Name Alice Wootson 9781626943681 Fiction Black Opal Books Black Opal Books When graduate student and genius engineer, Takeem El, is picked up by government agents because his name matches ...
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art Kellie Jones 9780822348733 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books A daughter of the poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka, Kell...
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones Wendy Jones 9781946348036 Nonfiction Ida Bell Publishing Ida Bell Publishing There is no one movie, song, or book that will make these troubled times d...
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Saeed Jones 9781501132742 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. >From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-...
Gregory S. Jones
Gregory S. Jones NONE Gregory S. Jones, co-founder of “The Paper Tiger” and co-author of “The Root Of All Evil,” plans to educate African-American communities about nationality and advocate for repar...
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones Paige Turner Book Review The new book, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones reads almost like a fable or a fairy tale. The young Quincy Jones, with his twinkly eyes, wa...
Keeping Up With The Jones
Keeping Up With The Jones Solomon Jones 9780975521908 Fiction Sola Productions, Inc. Sola Productions, Inc. Bernie Mac meets Dave Barry in Keeping Up With The Jones — a humorous look at marriage, fami...
Fearless Jones
Fearless Jones Thumper Book Review After 5 years, Walter Mosley has returned to the mystery scene with a new pair of crime solvers for his novel Fearless Jones. It’s as if Mosley had never said...
Fish Tales (1984)
Fish Tales (1984) Nettie Jones 9780394532943 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House A new version was published in 2025“Mostly forgotten and long out-of-print, Fish Tales by Nettie Jones is an ofte...
Stephen Mack Jones
Stephen Mack Jones 000000050165955X Stephen Mack Jones is an acclaimed poet, playwright, and recipient of the Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship. After years in advertising, Jones now resides...
Ron Kavanaugh
Ron Kavanaugh NONE Ron Kavanaugh is a literary activist who founded Mosaic Books and the Literary Freedom Project (LFP), a non-profit supporting the literary arts. Through LFP, he launched Mosaic Lit...
Get a Literary Agent: The Complete Guide to Securing Representation for Your Work
Get a Literary Agent: The Complete Guide to Securing Representation for Your Work Chuck Sambuchino 9781599638010 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Ultimate Guide to Getting a ...
Kisha Green
Kisha Green NONE Kisha Green is a multi-talented literary consultant and promoter dedicated to turning authors' dreams into published realities. Since 2006, she's written novels, hosted award-winning...
Marie Brown
Marie Brown 0000000376893266 Marie Brown is the first inductee into the Publishing Hall of Fame Marie Dutton Brown, President of Marie Brown Associates, is a highly experienced literary agent with ove...
Reflections! (paperback): Looking in the Mirror
Reflections! (paperback): Looking in the Mirror Terry Wells-Jones 9781639374526 Nonfiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing “This was the first time the newspaper had featured a Black (Negr...
Reflections!: Looking in the Mirror
Reflections!: Looking in the Mirror Terry Wells-Jones 9781639374243 Nonfiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing “This was the first time the newspaper had featured a Black (Negro) model and...
Alive at the End of the World
Alive at the End of the World Saeed Jones 9781566896511 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author...
God in the Ghetto: A Prophetic Word Revisited
God in the Ghetto: A Prophetic Word Revisited William Augustus Jones Jr. 9780817018221 Nonfiction Judson Press Judson Press At long last, the reissue of the classic book, God in the Ghetto by the late...
Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together
Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together Van Jones 9780399180026 Nonfiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of ...
Gayl Jones: The Language Of Voice And Freedom In Her Writings
Gayl Jones: The Language Of Voice And Freedom In Her Writings Casey Clabough 9780786433797 Nonfiction McFarland McFarland Gayl Jones is dedicated to the art of "verbal authenticity," stemming from her...
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson MULTIPLE Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson are award-winning authors known for their impactful works. Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer-winning journalist, is renowned ...
Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones 0000000109223233 Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and educated at Holy Cross College and the University of Virginia. Known for h...
Kellie Jones
Kellie Jones 0000000076890717 Kellie Jones is an Associate Professor at Columbia University specializing in African American and African Diaspora artists, Latinx and Latin American Artists, and conte...
William Augustus Jones Jr.
William Augustus Jones Jr. 0000000021740789 William A. Jones Jr. (1934-2006) was a distinguished African-American minister and civil rights leader. An alumnus of the University of Kentucky and Crozer...
Erika Lynne Jones
Erika Lynne Jones NONE Erika Lynne Jones, a children's book author and illustrator, uses her work to celebrate culture and affirm children's worth. Known for “The Loud Librarian” and based in Dallas,...
Van Jones - The "Carbon Nation" Interview
Van Jones - The "Carbon Nation" Interview Kam Williams Interview Former Obama Green Czar Opines on the State of the "Carbon Nation" Anthony "Van" Jones and his twin sister, Angela, were born...
Patrick Williams with Angie Ransome-Jones
Patrick Williams with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Authors Patrick Williams and Angie Ransome-Jones are renowned writers; Williams known for his thought-provoking narratives and Ransome-Jones for her...
Tamiya Davis with Angie Ransome-Jones
Tamiya Davis with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Authors Tamiya Davis and Angie Ransome-Jones are prominent writers. The image showcases them with Elizabeth Savage. Tamiya Davis and Angie Ransome-J...
Elizabeth Savage with Angie Ransome-Jones
Elizabeth Savage with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Elizabeth Savage and Angie Ransome-Jones are notable authors. The photo features them along with Tamiya Davis, highlighting their collaborative effo...
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published Cris Freese 9781440352683 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Most Trusted Guide to ...
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Van Jones 9780061650765 Nonfiction HarperOne HarperCollins “Steadily—by redefining green—Jones is making sure that our plane...
Palmares
Palmares Gayl Jones 9780807033494 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press The epic rendering of a Black woman’s journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil; the return of a m...
Gibran Tariq and Gregory S. Jones
Gibran Tariq and Gregory S. Jones MULTIPLE Gibran Tariq and Gregory S. Jones are renowned authors known for their compelling narrative style and insightful storytelling. Their works span various genr...
Kenneth Parker and Van Jones
Kenneth Parker and Van Jones MULTIPLE Kenneth Parker and Van Jones are renowned authors known for their insightful works. Their rich literary contributions span various genres, captivating a broad ...
Florence L. Tate and Jake-Ann Jones
Florence L. Tate and Jake-Ann Jones MULTIPLE Florence Louise Tate & Jake-Ann Jones are accomplished authors, known for their insightful and engaging literary works. Their stories are imbued with dive...
Lisa Jones Johnson
Lisa Jones Johnson NONE Lisa Jones Johnson is a Harvard-educated attorney, author, and CEO of NextGen Media Group. She launched a global social media platform and authored the award-nominated novel, ...
Lynda Jones Mubarak
Lynda Jones Mubarak NONE Dr. Lynda Jones Mubarak, a native Texan and passionate educator, has dedicated her life to teaching and writing. Known for her works that promote personal growth, she's also ...
MFA vs NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction
MFA vs NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction Chad Harbach 9780865478138 Nonfiction n+1 n+1 Writers write―but what do they do for money?In a widely read essay entitled "MFA vs NYC," bestselling nov...
Agents of Repression: The FBI’s Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement
Agents of Repression: The FBI’s Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement Ward Leroy Churchill and Jim Vander Wall 9781574782172 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black...
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones Quincy Jones 9780385488969 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Musician, composer, producer, arranger, and pioneering entrepreneur Quincy Jones has lived lar...
Fish Tales: A Novel
Fish Tales: A Novel Nettie Jones 9780374608804 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers “Fish Tales is wondrous and outrageous, real and incandescent and alive. A novel unlike any other,...
Last of the Lions: An African American Journey in Memoir
Last of the Lions: An African American Journey in Memoir Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly 9781952485930 Nonfiction Redhawk Publications Redhawk Publications Last of the Lions is two histories wov...
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged Kimberly Jones 9781250805126 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers A breakdown of the economic and social injusti...
South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s
South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s Kellie Jones 9780822361640 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books Named a Best Art Book of 201...
Prelude to Bruise
Prelude to Bruise Saeed Jones 9781566893749 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Praise for Saeed Jones: "Jones is the kind of writer who’s more than wanted: he’s desperately needed."—FlavorW...
Story/Time: The Life Of An Idea (The Toni Morrison Lecture Series)
Story/Time: The Life Of An Idea (The Toni Morrison Lecture Series) Bill T. Jones 9780691162706 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press In this ceaselessly questioning book...
Princess Cupcake Jones and the Missing Tutu (Princess Cupcake Jones Series)
Princess Cupcake Jones and the Missing Tutu (Princess Cupcake Jones Series) Ylleya Fields 9780578113036 Fiction Belle Publishing LLC Belle Publishing LLC Princess Cupcake Jones loves creating a mess a...
Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask
Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask Bob Jones and Stacy M. Brown 9781590790724 Nonfiction Select Books (NY) Select Books (NY) ’Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask’ is the INSIDE STORY of the...
All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900
All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900 Martha S. Jones 9780807858455 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press ...
Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones
Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones MULTIPLE Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones are accomplished authors, known for their significant contributions to literature. Reynaldo Anderson and Cha...
Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones
Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones MULTIPLE Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones are renowned authors, known for their collaborative and individual works in literature. Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones (left)
Karin L. Stanford and Charles E. Jones
Karin L. Stanford and Charles E. Jones MULTIPLE Karin L. Stanford and Charles E. Jones are renowned authors recognized for their profound contributions to literature.
Rochelle Riley, and Cristi Smith-Jones
Rochelle Riley, and Cristi Smith-Jones MULTIPLE Rochelle Riley and Cristi Smith-Jones are accomplished authors known for their insightful and impactful works. Their narratives often explore societal ...
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Oprah Winfrey
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Oprah Winfrey MULTIPLE Oprah Winfrey is a renowned media executive, actress, talk show host, and philanthropist. Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and...
Karoline Bethea-Jones
Karoline Bethea-Jones NONE Karoline Bethea-Jones, a passionate writer for over 25 years, expresses human emotions through her characters. She started with poetry and fiction, published her first nove...
Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage
Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage MULTIPLE Mia E. Bay, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage are renowned authors with significant contribut...
Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman
Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman MULTIPLE Brenda Jones, renowned for her 15-year role as communications director for Rep. John Lewis and co-author of an NAACP award-winning book, has vast experience ...