Jessica Faust

CEO & Founder

In 1999, Jessica Faust founded BookEnds because she loved working in publishing, but wanted to do things her own way. She believes strongly in the power of books to open readers up to new worlds and experiences and has created an agency with a mission of bringing more underrepresented and marginalized voices into publishing. Jessica takes great pride in advocating for authors, creators, and the team she works with.

Jessica is no longer taking on new clients, instead focusing her attention on supporting and growing the BookEnds team and working in new and innovative ways to continue to build careers for all of our clients. She takes her advocacy to the broader publishing community by serving on the Board for AALA–The Association of American Literary Agents.

Jessica began her career as an acquisitions editor at Berkley Publishing, Macmillan, and Wiley. In addition to nearly 15 years of blogging, Jessica has had a regular role on the BookEnds YouTube channel, Instagram, and TikTok; has taught at New York University’s Continuing Education Program; written a publishing column; and has been honored by several different publishing organizations. 

While her heart will always be in Minnesota, Jessica now lives in New Jersey. Outside of BookEnds, her passions include kettlebell lifting, walking Olive, skiing, paddle boarding, cooking, traveling, reading other people’s books, and generally laughing with friends and family.

Watch our interview with Jessica on YouTube!

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  • Book cover of “Witches of Honeysuckle House" by Liz Parker, featuring a keyhole motif with a house at its center, surrounded by green leaves, white flowers, and bees on a deep orange background.
  • Book cover of “The Blue Moon Café & 24-Hour Occult Emporium" by Lexie Sharabianlou, featuring an illustration of a woman leaning her back against the green door of a shopfront with large windows, framed by pumpkins and a tree with orange leaves.
  • Book cover of "In the Beautiful Dark" by Melissa Payne, featuring simplistic peach-orange title font on a deep blue and teal background with golden specks; a large open window with sheer curtains is semi-transparent in the background.
  • Book cover of "A Long Dark Night" by Lilli Sutton, featuring a small cabin in the middle of a snowy landscape, with snow-covered trees and a large mountain in the background.
  • Book cover of “Next of Kin” by Kia Abdullah, featuring a close-up of a person's face with blue tones and large yellow text for the title.
  • Illustration of a man and woman wearing glasses with heart-shaped lenses, looking through binoculars, with the book title "Definitely, Maybe, Not a Detective" by Sarah Fox.
  • Book cover of “Invasive Species” by Ellery Adams, featuring the title in large white letters and pink tentacles poking out from green waves. A yellow building is in the distance and a sailboat is in the green waves at the bottom.