Rica Allannic

Rica Allannic

David Black Literary Agency
Likely Open
USA
Updated: 9/28/2025

Should You Query This Agent?

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Agent Information

Agent Bio

Rica Allannic joined the agency in 2017 after sixteen years as a nonfiction editor at Scribner and Clarkson Potter, where she rose to Vice President and Executive Editor and worked with high-profile culinary authors.

A Yale graduate who cooked professionally before publishing, she brings a passion for food, French culture, and her Puerto Rican heritage to her agenting and focuses on cooking, narrative and prescriptive nonfiction, popular culture, history, science, sports, and select memoir.

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Genres

Genres Represented

Fiction
Not Available or None Listed
Nonfiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Cooking
  • History
  • Memoirs
  • Narrative Nonfiction
  • Pop Culture
  • Science
  • Sports

Genres Not Represented

None listed or not available
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About David Black Literary Agency

Agency Profile

Founded in 1989, the David Black Agency has earned a reputation throughout the publishing industry for serving the needs of our clients editorially and by attentively taking them through the life of a book, from conception to publication, to ensure that both the book and the author each achieve their fullest potential and reach the widest possible audience.
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