Biography

Black Hawk Enterprises represents a broad spectrum of authors and illustrators, with a focus on new nonfiction and fiction.  Cross marketing and detailed marketing plans are provided by our agency to assist our clients in maximizing media coverage.

Based on Jan’s three years of experience working at Google, this agency helps client to develop in-depth analysis of various marketplaces for books and use of Google products for maximum results.


Jan Kardys, President of Black Hawk Enterprises has 30 years of diversified publishing experience for nine major publishing corporations. Jan was Director of Contracts for Warner Books/Little, Brown & Company, Director of Contracts at Macmillan Publishing Company, Charles Scribner's Sons, and Contracts Director at Prentice Hall/Simon & Schuster. Ms. Kardys has worked at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Doubleday, Scholastic, Lippincott & Crowell, Publishers, St. Martin's Press, Conde Nast Publications, and Google. Beginning a career in editorial, Jan also worked in art and production in School publishing. Jan held various executive positions in subsidiary rights, licensing, database design, imaging, royalty conversions, contracts, copyrights & permissions departments.


Jan Kardys, Literary Agent

Black Hawk Literary Agency, LLC.

17 Church Hill Road,

Redding, CT 06896

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