Roxan Gay Books, which was launched in 2021, is a fast-growing publishing house, publishing three titles annually. The house is concerned with publishing fine literary works, both fiction and non-fiction, and includes a diverse and rich list of books, selected and edited by Roxane Gay herself. Based on its commitment to supporting marginalized writers, and its belief that excellence manifests itself in many forms, it considers works submitted through literary agents and non-agents alike.Among the most prominent titles published by Roxane Gay Books are the novel “And Then He Sang a Lullaby”\ by Ani Kayode Somtuchukwu, winner of the Edmund White Award for Best First Novel, and the novel “Hot Springs Drive” by Lindsay Hunter, which was chosen by The Washington Post\ as the best thriller novel of 2023. The publishing house includes an elite group of distinguished writers, such as Tochi Onyebuchi and Kelly Sundberg, Oliver Radcliffe, and Sarah Levin, and new literary careers were launched for writers such as Ishani Suriya and Lydia.Mathis, and Tracy Lynn Oliver.
In addition to nurturing promising literary works, Roxanne and other team members at Grove Atlantic mentor an editorial fellow through an annual paid fellowship designed to provide a comprehensive professional experience in publishing for the best and brightest underrepresented candidates in the field.Roxane Gay, founder of the publishing house that bears her name, is the author of Bad Feminism and Hunger, which topped the New York Times bestseller list, as well as Difficult Women and Opinions', which achieved record national sales, among others. She has a newsletter called Audacity and continues to write in a variety of genres, from short to long features, in addition to her editorial work. Roxanne supports every book she publishes through eventsDirectly, she enthusiastically promotes the book titles through her personal accounts on social networking sites and her account on Instagram >
