Sonali Chanchani
Folio Literary Management
Likely Open
Updated: 9/10/2025
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Sonali Chanchani is a literary agent at Folio Literary Management who focuses on nonfiction that advances social and cultural conversations and centers historically underrepresented voices.
She began her career at Kaya, holds a degree in English and Narrative Studies from the University of Southern California, serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of American Literary Agents (co‑chairing its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee), and is President of the nonprofit Literary Agents of Change.
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Clients
- Maureen “Mo” Ryan
- Curtis Chin
- Dr. Mariel Buqué
- Rebecca Little
- Colleen Long
Book Sales
- Burn It Down: Power
- Complicity
- And A Call For Change In Hollywood
- Everything I Learned
- I Learned In A Chinese Restaurant
- Break The Cycle: A Guide To Healing Intergenerational Trauma
- I’m Sorry For My Loss: An Urgent Examination Of Reproductive Care In America
- Everything And Nothing At Once: A Black Man’s Reimagined Soundtrack For The Future
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