Dani Segelbaum joined Arc Literary in 2024 after three years at the Carol Mann Agency. She began her publishing career as an editorial assistant at HarperCollins Publishers, focusing primarily on highly designed non-fiction titles. She previously worked as a literary assistant at New Leaf Literary & Media, working with established and debut authors.
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Dani is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication where she studied journalism and political science. She has been a voracious reader for as long as she can remember. Dani represents both fiction and non-fiction and hopes to work with authors from diverse backgrounds to tell stories that are important to them.
For non-fiction titles, Dani is seeking books with an emphasis on history and politics, self-help, women’s issues, popular culture, and current events. Dani also loves narrative non-fiction, business, lifestyle, cookbooks, and more.
In fiction, Dani is looking for contemporary and upmarket adult fiction including debut, literary, rom-coms, and women’s fiction. She loves compelling narrators and is drawn to writing that is voice-driven, highly transporting, and features unique perspectives and marginalized voices.
Dani spends her free time playing fetch with her Aussiedoodle and trying new restaurants around town. Her guilty pleasures include collecting cookbooks (seriously, she has way too many), reading the newspaper in the middle of the night, and baking dozens of delicious baked goods for friends and family (she does use the cookbooks).
Dani is addicted to the joy of discovering new work, she is always open to queries. You can follow Dani on Instagram and Twitter. Query her via Query Manager. She is a member of the AALA.
Fun facts about me:
Mom of an adorable Aussiedoodle named Dottie!
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to Query Manager
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Guidelines & Details
Fiction:
BIPOC Literature, Bookclub, Commercial, Contemporary, General, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary, Mystery, Romcom, Women’s Fiction
Non-Fiction:
Biography, Cookbooks, Cultural criticism, Current Events, Feminism and women\'s issues, Health, History, Humor, Journalism, LGBTQ, Memoir, Pop Culture, Psychology, Science, Self-help, Sports, True Crime, Wellness
Favorite sub-genres:
Accessible Literary Fiction, Activism, Adult, Adult Rom Com, BIPOC, Biography, Biography & Memoir, Book Club, Business, Chick Lit, Chicklit, Commercial Women's Fiction, Commercial adult fiction, Commercial and Literary, Complicated Relationships, Contemporary Culture, Contemporary Romance, Cultural Criticism, Diverse Protagonists, Diversity, Female Friendships, Feminism, Feminist, Finance, Food Writing, Found Families, Health and Wellness, Humor, Immigrant Experiences, Immigrant Voices, Inspirational Fiction, Investigative Journalism, Issue-Driven, LGBTQIA, Lifestyle, Literary Crossover, Literary Fiction, Mental Health, Mind/Body/Spirit, Modern Dating, Multicultural, Multigenerational, Multiple POV, Multiple Timelines, Narrative Nonfiction, Own Voices, Personal Development, Politics/Current Affairs, Pop Culture, Pop History, Pop Psychology, Pop Science, Popular Science/Psychology, Racial Justice, Rom-com, RomCom, Romantic Comedy, Self-help, Social Issues, Social Justice, Social Science, Sports, Strong Females, Underrepresented Voices, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Upmarket Nonfiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction, Women's Fiction, Women's Issues, beach reads, book club fiction, character-focused fiction, character-focused stories, coming of age, commercial, commerical, commerical women's fiction, contemporary, contemporary women's fiction, current affairs, diverse and own voices, diverse heroines, diverse voices, feminine narratives, found family, friendship, friendship stories, historical, literary, love stories, narrative non-fiction, nonfiction, personal finance, rom-coms, slow burn romance, upmarket genre fiction
I’d like the next…
fresh, new story told by a gifted storyteller that captures my imagination.
My favorites include…
Horse by Geraldine Brooks, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Girls & Sex by Peggy Orenstein, The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Save Me The Plums by Ruth Reichl, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe, The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, From The Corner Of The Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein, Coming To My Sense by Alice Waters, Who Thought This Was A Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco