Adriana Dominguez represents award-winning illustrators including John Parra, a New York Times Best Illustrator and recipient of three Pura Belpré Honors, Caldecott Honor and CSK John Steptoe Award recipient Janelle Washington, Kirkus Prize finalist Jacqueline Alcántara, and Orbis Pictus Honor recipient Juliet Menéndez. Her author list includes NAACP Image Award winner Katheryn Russell Brown, Pura Belpré Honor recipient Angela Cervantes and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa.
Adriana has wide-ranging experience in publishing; she began her editorial career at Scholastic in the 1990s, served as Children’s Reviews Editor at Críticas Magazine (Library Journal), and as Executive Editor at HarperCollins, where she led the children’s division of the Latinx-focused Rayo imprint. Adriana is a member of Women’s Media Group (WMG) and the Association of American of Literary Agents (AALA). She is a Board member of the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, where she sits on the Organizing Committee for the inaugural LKBF Latinx Storyteller Conference. She has a long trajectory of supporting authors and illustrators from underrepresented backgrounds and always welcomes submissions that offer a diverse point of view.
Adriana is interested in illustrators with fresh, unmistakable styles, platform-driven narrative nonfiction from children to adult, and select children’s fiction from picture books to middle grade. She is based in New York.
Adriana only accepts submissions via Query Manager: https://QueryManager.com/2243
Breaking to the Beat!
Lety Out Loud
Anomalies 53 #1 and #2
The Cursed Moon
Still Dreaming/ Seguimos soñando
Not A Monster
Not A Dog
Working from Home with a Cat
Luna Oscura
Reina Ramos: Neighborhood Helper
Reina Ramos: Tour Guide
Reina Ramos Works it Out
Reina Ramos Encuentra La Solución
Martina Has Too Many Tías
Martina tiene muchas tías
Who Was Wilma Mankiller?
Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Hello, Friend / Hola, Amigo
Ten Little Birds / Diez Pajaritos