The Equity Directory is a new database of BIPOC literary agents to help BIPOC authors and illustrators more easily find BIPOC representation. The effort has been launched by the Literary Agents of Change, a nonprofit born out of the American Association of Literary Agents’ DEI committee. Note that agents included in the directory do not necessarily have an endorsement or accreditation of any kind. The same “writer beware” rules apply to agents in this directory as those in any other.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
