Kerry-Ann Bentley is a literary agent at The Good Literary Agency where she represents established and debut writers. She is building a list of adult fiction (literary, commercial, upmarket) and narrative non-fiction (memoir, essay collections, social/cultural journalism). She represents select children’s authors (middle-grade, YA) as well as some poetry. Clients include award-winning author Alex Wheatle MBE, Yvonne Bailey-Smith, Gemma Weekes, Karla Neblett, Lela Burbridge, Charlie Castelletti, Jackson King, Dr Aleema Gray, and Dominique Palmer. 

 

Kerry-Ann graduated with a First-class degree in English & United States Literature from the University of Essex. Then she earned her Masters with Distinction in Caribbean Literature and its Diasporas from Goldsmiths, University of London. Her agenting career began in 2020, in the New York office of Janklow & Nesbit where her notable deals include The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward, Decent People by Jessica Ramirez Guel and William by Mason Coile.

 

She is Jamaican-born and has lived in the Caribbean, the UK and the U.S., and is particularly drawn to writers of a similar transatlantic experience. She would like to work with writers who explore race, class, gender, queerness, and the legacies of colonialism on family–especially mother-daughter relationships—love, sex, culture, and nation.  Read her manuscript wishlist here.