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Full Agent Profile: Regina Brooks



NAME

Regina Brooks

AGENCY
Serendipity Literary Agency
AAR MEMBER
Yes
EMAIL
rbrooks@serendipitylit.com
AGENCY WEB SITE
http://www.serendipitylit.com/



FICTION GENRES
Literary Fiction | Chick Lit | Crime | Mystery | Horror | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Romance | Historical Fiction | Young Adult | Thrillers/Suspense | Children's | Multi-Cultural | Adventure | Gay & Lesbian | Middle Grade | Graphic Novels | New Adult
NONFICTION GENRES

History | Sports | Celebrity | Biography | Religion | Food & Lifestyle | Politics | Medical | Science | Parenting | How-To | Drama/Music | Multi-Cultural | Self-Help | Cookbooks | Memoirs | Dating/Relationships | Spirituality | Current Affairs | Business | Women's Issues | Pop Culture | Narrative | Finance | Psychology | Health & Fitness | Gardening | Nature/Ecology | Gay & Lesbian | Photography | Film & Entertainment | Cultural/Social Issues | Technology | Humor | Journalism

CURRENT STATUS
  • This agent accepts queries
  • MORE INFORMATION

    SPECIAL INTERESTS
    • Middle grade, picture books, science,, young adult Afrofuturism,
    DOES NOT REPRESENT
    • Military history
    SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
    • See website for submissions. Only accept electronic submissions

    FACTS/TIDBITS
    • Board member of the Association of American Literary Agents. Board of Trustees of AWP Former editor at John Wiley and Sons College Division and McGraw Hill
    EDUCATION
    • First African-American woman to earn a degree in aerospace engineering from Ohio State University


    NEW DEALS
    PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
    I am Every Good Thing
    Author:   Derrick Barnes
    Genres:   Children's
    Publisher:   Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House
    A young boy speaks of all the ways that make him special
    View book at Amazon

    Working Woman's Pregnancy
    Author:   Marjorie Greenfield
    Genres:   Women's Issues
    Publisher:   Yale University Press (May 28, 2007)
    A full range of pregnancy medical topics in the context of a wage-earning woman's life, intended for women in the workforce who are pregnant or considering pregnancy
    View book at Amazon

    Calligraphy of the Witch: A Novel
    Author:   Alicia Gaspar de Alba
    Genres:   Women's Fiction | Multi-Cultural
    Publisher:   St. Martin's Press (October 16, 2007)
    The story about a Latina slave in Puritan New England who becomes embroiled in the Salem witch trials
    View book at Amazon

    Skin: A Natural History
    Author:   Nina Jablonski
    Genres:   History | Science | Cultural/Social Issues
    Publisher:   University of California Press; 1 edition (October 5, 2006)
    An anthropological exploration of the biological causes of differences in skin color and their social implications
    View book at Amazon

    When the Black Girl Sings
    Author:   Bil Wright
    Genres:   Multi-Cultural | Middle Grade
    Publisher:   Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (January 1, 2008)
    The story of about a black girl adopted by white parents in an all-white community who escapes from her school's entrenched racism and her parents' pending divorce, by singing in a gospel choir
    View book at Amazon

    Nana Akua Goes to School
    Author:   Tricia Elam
    Genres:   Children's
    Publisher:   Anne Schwartz Books
    A young girl brings her grandmother to school and shares her West African culture


    Lubaya's Quiet Roar
    Author:   Marilyn Nelson
    Genres:   Children's
    Publisher:   Penguin
    A introverted girl shows that she can use her creativity yo express her inward emotions


    Mama You Are Enough
    Author:   Claire Nicogossian
    Genres:   Parenting
    Publisher:   Page Street
    Author helps parents explore and help parents navigate the shadow emotions associated with easing children


    Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy
    Author:   Bil Wright
    Genres:   Young Adult
    Publisher:   Simon and Schuster



    The Truth About White Lies
    Author:   Olivia A. Cole
    Genres:   Young Adult
    Publisher:   Little Brown



    The King of Kindergarten
    Author:   Derrick Barnes
    Genres:   Children's
    Publisher:   Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House



    Make it Fashion
    Author:   The McClure Twins
    Genres:   Children's
    Publisher:   Harper Collins



    Afrocentric Style
    Author:   Shirley Neal
    Genres:   Art
    Publisher:   Harper Collins



    Csearia Wears No Shoes
    Author:   Denise Aduesi
    Genres:   Children's
    Publisher:   Roaring Brook



    Winning in Reverse
    Author:   Bill Lester
    Genres:   Sports
    Publisher:   Pegasus Books
    Bil Lester share his sorry of becoming a Nascar driver as a middle aged former engineer


    Radical Reperations
    Author:   DR. Marcus Hunter
    Genres:   Narrative
    Publisher:   Amistad Books Harper Collins



    Warrior Rising
    Author:   Mary Anne Howland
    Genres:   Memoirs
    Publisher:   Penguin Random House



    We Want Our Bodies Back
    Author:   Jessica Care Moore
    Genres:  
    Publisher:   Harper Collins



    Anatomy fo Beasts
    Author:   Olivia A. Cole
    Genres:   Fantasy | Young Adult
    Publisher:   Harper Collins



    Conversations in Black
    Author:   Ed Gordon
    Genres:   Politics | Cultural/Social Issues
    Publisher:   Hachette



    Love Double Dutch
    Author:   DOREEN Spicer Dannely
    Genres:   Middle Grade
    Publisher:   Random House



    The Other Side
    Author:   Drew Dixon
    Genres:   Memoirs
    Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt



    CLEO Playground Millionaire
    Author:   Sundeee Frazier
    Genres:   Middle Grade
    Publisher:   Scholastic



    Silent Agreements
    Author:   Sonia Banks Linda Anderson and Michelle Owen's
    Genres:   Psychology
    Publisher:   Random House



    The Favorite Child
    Author:   Ellen Libby
    Genres:   Parenting | Psychology
    Publisher:   Promethues



    The Big Stretch
    Author:   Teneshia Jackson Warner
    Genres:   Business
    Publisher:   McGraw-hill






    LINKS
    Serendipitylit.com
    PREVIOUS AGENCIES
    Serendipity Literary Agency (old address)