Emily Forney is a literary agent for BookEnds Literary, representing award-winning, critically acclaimed, and bestselling authors.

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Living in Arizona, where she earned her MFA in creative writing, Emily has worked in publishing for nearly a decade in both editorial and agenting roles. She was named a 2022 Publisher's Weekly Star Watch honoree and was previously a Publishing Fellow with the LA Review of Books. She currently directs the BookEnds Publishing Fellowship, which mentors aspiring publishing professionals from marginalized communities and provides them with hands on education, resources, and workshops for roles throughout the industry. As a writer and former editor, she actively writes about identity, Blackness, and pop culture.

When she isn't reading submissions, working with her authors, or procrastinating her own writing, she's usually binge watching an unhealthy amount of television and stress baking when deadlines are near.