“We must be willing to get rid of
the life we’ve planned, so as to have
the life that is waiting for us.”
— Joseph Campbell
Jenissa Graham is a Literary Agent and Subrights Manager at BookEnds Literary Agency. Her publishing career started at Writers House, first as an intern and then full time in the Subrights department as the Global Licensing and Media Rights Assistant. She transitioned to Bookends Literary in 2022 where she is an actively building her client list while simultaneously supporting the agency in Film/TV, Merchandise, and Audio.
As a first-generation Jamaican American, Jenissa is passionate about increasing the BIPOC space in Publishing and is always on the lookout for new underrepresented authors. She currently lives in New York, and when she’s not reading submissions, writing, or adding books to her maybe one day I’ll read pile, you will most likely find her binging reruns of her favorite shows, fiddling with her tarot decks, or stressing over her plants Pacific, Ted, and Teddy.
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“When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”