Description
15 Minute One-On-One Session with literary agent Dana Newman.
Dana Newman is an LA-based independent literary agent representing authors of practical and narrative non-fiction in the areas of lifestyle, wellness (health, mind/body/spirit and sports), personal development, business, popular culture, current affairs, memoir, and biography, and on the fiction side she’s interested in a select amount of literary fiction, upmarket fiction and psychological suspense/thriller. She’s always on the lookout for compelling voices, ideas and stories, and is a passionate believer in the power of books to connect and transform us.
Dana is also an attorney, focusing on publishing law and contracts at the firm Raines Feldman Littrell. She is the Chair of the Santa Monica Public Library Board, and a member of the Association of American Literary Agents. Dana holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of San Francisco. Before founding her literary agency she worked as in-house counsel in the entertainment industry.
More information about her agency can be found at dananewman.com.
