Nicole Counts

Nicole Counts (she/her) is Editorial Director at One World, an imprint of Random House. Books she has worked on have won or been nominated for the National Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, various PEN Literary Awards, and more. She is an active member of various publishing equity groups, as well as a long-time volunteer with Well-Read Black Girl. She was a finalist for the 2020 PW Star Watch, an active speaker on publishing/book-related issues, and has been profiled in Gagosian Quarterly and Publishers Weekly. She has written for V Magazine, Poets & Writers, Brooklyn Magazine, Artnoir, and more.