the breakdown 2012

So now that we've got our list of YA & MG novels by black US-based authors, it's time to figure out who's responsible for giving these books the green light. We finished up with 46 titles by 35 authors. Here are their publishers:

Kensington/Dafina: 11

Kimani TRU: 7

Simon & Schuster: 6

Scholastic: 4

Penguin: 2

Hyperion: 2

Aladdin: 2

Harper Teen: 1

Harper Collins: 1

Plenary: 1

Egmont: 1

Hatchette: 1

FSG: 1

Candlewick: 1

Bella: 1

Bloomsbury: 1

Push: 1

Nancy Paulsen: 1

Razorbill: 1

Once again, Kensington and Kimani Tru (Harlequin) are in the lead; together they publish almost 40% of black-authored novels for teens. The following authors had multiple titles in 2011: Celeste Norfleet (2), Kelli London (2), Rachel Renee Russell (2), Nikki Carter (3), Andrea Davis Pinkney (2), Veronica Chambers (2), Walter Dean Myers (3), Artist Arthur (2), and L. Divine (2).