Dina Davis
Hanover Square Press
My Manuscript Wish List®
Dina Davis (she/her) is an editor at Hanover Square Press who started her publishing career in journalism at amNewYork, Good Housekeeping, and Guideposts, before transitioning to book publishing in 2012 when she joined the Guideposts Books team to work on nonfiction and cozy mysteries. Since 2015, she’s been an editor at various HarperCollins imprints, including Love Inspired, MIRA Books, and now Hanover Square Press. Dina acquires high concept upmarket and commercial fiction and nonfiction. For fiction, she’s interested in a wide range of categories, including fantasy, suspense, mystery, horror, light science fiction, feel-good fiction, and speculative. Dina loves a novel that pulls her in with the voice and makes her stay for the strong characters, complex relationships, and a stand-out plot. For nonfiction, she’s looking for journalism, sociology, memoir, pop science, and pop culture books. Some authors Dina has worked with include Jeneva Rose, Rosália Rodrigo, Hannah Mary McKinnon, Frances White, Allison Brennan, E.M. Anderson, Mike Chen, A.S. Webb, and Katie Garner.
Fun facts about me:
While studying at New York University to earn a bachelor’s degree in journalism and sociology, I spent my freshman year abroad in Florence, Italy, where I met my husband. I love traveling, visiting family in Pittsburgh, cheering on the Steelers, watching television dramas, and going to brunch with my friends.
Submission Guidelines
Agented submissions only, please, unless I’ve specifically requested your manuscript. I delete any unsolicited unagented submissions sent to my email.
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
"Big Idea/Think", #Dis, #ownvoices, AAPI Fantasy, AAPI Horror, AAPI Sci-Fi, Action-Adventure, Adult, Adult Horror, Adult SFF, Adventure, African Diaspora, African Fantasy, African Sci-Fi, Africanfuturism, Amateur Sleuth Mysteries, Apocalyptic, Artificial Intelligence, Asian American Literature, Asian Diaspora, Asian Fantasy, Asian Horror, Asian Sci-Fi, BIPOC, BIPOC Fantasy, BIPOC Horror, BIPOC Mystery, BIPOC Sci-Fi, Biography, Biography & Memoir, Book Club, Books about books, Caribbean Literature, Character -Driven History, Character-Driven Horror, Character-driven SciFi, Classic retellings with BIPOC characters, Commercial Women's Fiction, Commercial adult fiction, Commercial and Literary, Complicated Relationships, Concept SF, Contemporary Culture, Contemporary Fantasy, Cozy Fantasy, Cozy Mystery, Cozy mysteries, Crime & Thriller, Crime Fiction, Cross-genre, Cultural Criticism, Dark Female Friendships, Dark Humor, Dark topics with a light touch, Detective, Diaspora Narratives, Disability, Diverse Protagonists, Dystopia, Dystopian, East Asian Literature, Ensemble Casts, Epic Fantasy, Epistolary, Fairytale Retellings, Family Drama, Fantasy, Fantasy Grounded in Reality, Female Friendships, Feminism, Feminist, Feminist Horror, Feminist SF/F, First Person, Folklore, Found Families, Geek Culture, Gothic, Gothic Fantasy, Gothic Horror, Grounded fantasy, Hauntings, Health, Health and Wellness, Health and healing, High Concept, High Fantasy, High-Concept Literary Commercial Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fantasy; Fantasy Grounded In Reality, Historical Fiction, Historical Women's Fiction, Historical mysteries, Horror Comedy, Humor, Hybrid, Immigrant Experiences, Immigrant Voices, Indigenous Futurism, Indigenous Sciences, Intersectional Feminism, Intersectionality, Investigative Journalism, Issue-Driven, LGBTQ Contemporary, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Fantasy, LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIAP, Latine Diaspora, Latinx Fantasy, Latinx Horror, Latinx Sci-Fi, Latinx stories, Layered Family Stories with multiple narrators, Low Fantasy, Magic, Magic Realism, Magical Realism, Magick, Marginalized Voices, Mind/Body/Spirit, Minority Voices, Modern Retellings of Fairy Tales, Modernized Mythologies, Monsters, Multicultural, Multicultural and Diverse Thriller and Mystery, Multigenerational, Multiple POV, Multiple Timelines, Muslim, Mysteries, Mystery / Crime, Mythic, Mythic Horror, Mythology, Narrative, Narrative Nonfiction, Near-future SF, Neurodiversity, Noir, Occult, Occult Horror, Occult Nonfiction, Own Voices, POC, Paranormal, Paranormal Horror, Paranormal Thriller, Personal Development, Pop Culture, Pop History, Pop Psychology, Pop Science, Popular Science/Psychology, Portal fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Psychological Horror, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thrillers, Racial Justice, Relationships, Retellings, SWANA Fantasy, SWANA Horror, SWANA Sci-Fi, Sci-fi Thriller, Second World SF, Self-help, Social Issues, Social Justice, Social Science, Social Sciences, Soft Fantasy, Soft Science Fiction, Solarpunk, South Asian, South East Asian Literature, Southern Gothic, Speculative, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Thriller, Sports, Strong Females, Supernatural, Supernatural Elements, Supernatural Horror, Suspense, Tech Thrillers, Techno-Horror, Thriller, Thrillers, Time Travel, Trauma, Travel, True Crime, Underrepresented Voices, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Upmarket Nonfiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction, Wellness, West African Literature, Whodunit, Women's Fiction, Worldbuilding, Zombies, afrofuturism, aliens, alternate history, animal fantasy, award-winners!, beach reads, body horror, book club fiction, books in translation, celebrity, character-focused fiction, character-focused stories, classic retellings, comedy, coming of age, commercial, commerical, commerical women's fiction, contemp, contemporary, contemporary women's fiction, creatures, crime, dark academia, dark fantasy, diasporic, diverse and own voices, diverse heroines, diverse voices, dramedy, epic, epistolary novels, fairy tales, family saga, family stories, fantastical, feminine narratives, folklore history, found family, friendship, friendship stories, fun SF/F, gaslamp fantasy, ghost story, health and fitness, high concept fiction, high-concept science fiction, historical, historical mystery, horror, hurt/comfort, inclusive sf/f, indigenous futurisms, invisible disability, light Sci-Fi, light fantasy, locked room, memoir, mystery, narrative non-fiction, near-future science fiction, non-Western fantasy, non-Western historical fiction, non-western settings, nonfiction, psychology, queer, queer horror, queer narratives, quirky, realistic fiction, sci-fi, science fantasy, science fiction, science fiction epic, science fiction horror, scifi thriller, soft science, space adventure, space horror, speculative slice of life, sports stories, traditional fantasy, traditional mysteries, tropes tropes tropes, upmarket genre fiction, upmarket/book club with female protagonist, weird fiction, whimsical, whodunnit, witchcraft, witches, witty
I’d like the next…
