Dana Newman
Dana Newman Literary
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Updated: 9/28/2025
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Agent Bio
Dana Newman Literary was founded by Dana Newman in 2010.
Prior to becoming a literary agent, she worked for 14 years as General Counsel for Moviola and its affiliates.
With years of experience working in the entertainment and communications technology industries during the digital revolution in film editing and audio recording, Dana enthusiastically embraces new technologies and ideas about how books are created, distributed and experienced.
Dana combines her professional insight, educational background (BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, JD from University of San Francisco), and a lifelong love of reading to her role as a literary agent.
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Genres Represented
Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Suspense
- Thrillers
- Upmarket Fiction
Nonfiction
- Biography
- Current Affairs
- Fitness
- History
- Memoirs
- Pop Culture
- Sports
- Women's Issues
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Dana Newman Literary
Dana Newman Literary Inc. is a boutique literary agency in Los Angeles. Our deep expertise in working with content creators, from crafting proposals and polishing manuscripts through negotiating and managing contracts and protecting intellectual property rights, allows us to provide a sophisticated, innovative approach to our role as author advocates
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