Alicia Brooks is a Literary Agent at The Jean Naggar Literary Agency. She was an editor at Penguin, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, and Picador/St. Martin’s Press.
New York, NY
Joined April 2009
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Today in the ARB: Michael Londra reviews “Faraway the Southern Sky” by Joseph Andras @VersoBooks asianreviewofbooks.com/conte…
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NYC writers - Join Harlem Writers United as we explore what agents look for in contemporary YA and spec fic submissions! This is a hands on, interactive event. Guest agents include: @alireader & @SamBFarkas. For tix: bit.ly/468FF2k #publishing #WritingCommunity #NYC
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Huge gratitude to @blanebachelor for this stellar review of THE CHEESEMAKER’S DAUGHTER in @cntraveler—so honored to be included in their summer reading roundup for women who travel! ✈️ 📖☀️🏖️
@SeasCreative @JVNLA @alireader @gretchenyoung16
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Boyah Farah, author of AMERICA MADE ME A BLACK MAN and NOMAD IN A BARBER CHAIR (on submission) on where are the young Americans? @JVNLA
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Love this quote from author @Vukovic in her interview with @TheCheeseProf about The Cheesemaker’s Daughter coming out in August, comparing cheesemaking to writing! cheeseprofessor.com/blog/kri…
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Stage and screen star Eddie Redmayne is nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club.” He said he played the role as a teenager and to do it again on Broadway was a dream come true.
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“On Stage” host @fdilella interviewed @aliciakeys on the “blue carpet” tonight ahead of the Tony Awards. The singer’s show "Hell’s Kitchen" is nominated for Best Musical. Keys said she never thought she’d be there as a nominee.
Ericka Souter, author of TWISTED SISTERHOOD—a self-care book for women trying to heal toxic relationships with other women--will be on GMA again Live this Monday Morning at 8:10 AM! @erickasouter, @JVNLA, @GMA
Ericka Sóuter, author of Twisted Sisterhood: a self-care book for women trying to heal toxic relationships with other women (on submission) was on @GMA this morning! @erickasouter, @JVNLA
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big thanks to @poetswritersinc for letting me yell about agent pitch events (in print, no less!) and share a lineup with the fabulous @abwycisk ✨
In our new issue, Jade Wong-Baxter (@jwongbaxter) and Amy Bishop-Wycisk (@abwycisk) divulge what agents wish you knew, and @michellewildgen and @brendaferber unpack the author-agent relationship: at.pw.org/JulyAug2024
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Congratulations! 🎉🎈 I look forward to reading these pieces in @CraftLiterary!
#flashfiction #bestsmallfiction #bestsmallfictions #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writercommunity #writers #writerscommunity
Congratulations to Amy Grote, Paul Rousseau, Nathan Xie, and Tessa Yang for being included in the 2024 Best Small Fictions! If you haven't already, read their amazing stories below.
Read the 2024 BSF Selections: altcurrentpress.com/best-sma…
"As a work of art, as a work of great writing, I believe that this will be celebrated." --Legendary Journalist Robert Sheer on AMERICA MADE ME A BLACK MAN (Harper) by Boyah J. Farah. @JVNLA
