Congratulations to acclaimed artist April Harrison, who was awarded a 2025 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller, written by Breanna J. McDaniel. This highly celebrated picture book tells the story of Augusta Braxton Baker, who used her advocacy and passion for stories…
Acclaimed poet jessica Care moore appeared on ABC News Live to share her new book, Your Crown Shines: For Kentanji Brown Jackson and You, illustrated by Dare Coulter. Moore’s first book for young readers, Your Crown Shines celebrates Black women who have changed the world and shows the next generation of change-makers that their dreams are…
Congratulations to Serendipity author Dr. Donna Oriowo on Drink Water and Mind Your Business being the #1 new release in the General Sexual Health category on Amazon! In this funny and compassionate book, Dr. Donna breaks down the roots of self-esteem and how it’s shaped to give readers a guide for taking it back, setting…
Serendipity author, visual artist, and musician Patrick Dougher was featured in a deeply personal interview in The Guardian, where he spoke about his career, his 20-year struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, and his “charmed life” surviving on the streets of NYC in the 70s and 80s. “There’s so many moments where I could have…
Afia in the Land of Wonders, a dazzling YA reimagining of Alice in Wonderland written and illustrated by Serendipity author/artist Mia Araujo, has received glowing reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal! Find your copy online or at a bookstore near you, and don’t miss the audiobook, narrated by “Sinners” actress Wunmi Mosaku.
Congratulations to Serendipity Literary Agency author Will Packer and illustrator Gordon C. James on their bestselling books! Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming Big, a hilarious, straight-talking account of Packer’s meteoric career in Hollywood and his tips for success, landed on the New York Times and USA Today bestsellers lists, and…
Will Packer, the groundbreaking producer behind the films “Girls Trip”, “Stomp the Yard” and many more, is hitting the road to promote his new book: Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming Big! Catch him live on tour: February 17th: At the Strand Bookstore in Manhattan, in conversation with Sunny Hostin February 19th: At…
Award-winning producer and journalist Shirley Neal’s book, AfroCentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture, has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work By a Debut Author. In AfroCentric Style, Neal explores the Black community’s ongoing influence on the world of pop culture, enhanced by more than 100…
Serendipity Literary Agency CEO and AALA President Regina Brooks is one of five publishing professionals chosen by Publishers Weekly as a 2024 Notable. “Drawing on her first career working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Regina Brooks is bringing the innovative spirit of an engineer to the publishing industry… Since joining the Association of American…
Moore Black Press, originally founded in 1997 by Detroit Poet Laureate jessica Care moore, has relaunched as an imprint of Amistad/HarperCollins, celebrating its first publication: Every Where Alien by poet Brad Walrond. Now co-run by moore and Regina Brooks of Serendipity Literary Agency, MBP is committed to publishing revolutionary works by leading and emerging Black…
