Dana Newman (Literary Agent)
Dana Newman Literary
My Manuscript Wish List®
Focusing on practical and literary nonfiction along with literary and women’s upmarket fiction, Dana Newman founded Dana Newman Literary in 2010.
Prior to becoming a literary agent, she worked for 14 years as General Counsel for Moviola and its affiliates, Paskal Lighting and Magnasync Corporation.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to dananewmanliterary@gmail.com
To send her a query, email da****************@***il.com and use the word QUERY in the email’s subject line along with the title of your work. Please make your query letter no longer than one-page, and have it identify the category of your work, the title, the length (word count), and a brief overview of your project, credentials and previous publishing history, if any.
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Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
"Big Idea/Think", Accessible Literary Fiction, BIPOC, Biography & Memoir, Business, California, Complicated Relationships, Cultural Criticism, Female Friendships, Feminist, Film & Theater & TV, Food, Food Writing, Health, Health and Wellness, Health and healing, High Concept, Illustrated, Immigrant Voices, Inspirational, Investigative Journalism, Issue-Driven, Lifestyle, Literary Thriller, Mental Health, Mind/Body/Spirit, Mothers and Daughters, Narrative, Narrative Nonfiction, Neurodiversity, Personal Development, Politics/Current Affairs, Pop Culture, Pop Psychology, Popular Science/Psychology, Relationships, Self-Reflection, Self-help, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sports, Transformative Justice, Travel, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Women's Issues, contemporary women's fiction, culinary, current affairs, diverse voices, family stories, health and fitness, literary, music, narrative non-fiction, personal finance
I’d like the next…
My favorites include…
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett
The Nix, Nathan Hill
The White Album, Joan Didion
Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
Light Years, James Salter
Born to Run, Christopher McDougall
The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
anything by Anne Lamott
