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agent, attorney at law : danamnewman@gmail.com
Dana Newman
Dana Newman Literary
9720 Wilshire Blvd., 5th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
http://about.me/dananewman
twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DanaNewman

Dana Newman is an independent literary agent based in Los Angeles. She's also a transactional and intellectual property attorney, advising creators and businesses on contracts, copyrights, trademarks, and licensing. Her focus is on helping creative entrepreneurs and authors achieve their goals, and she represents a wide variety of clients in entertainment, media and business.

With years of experience working in the entertainment industry during the digital revolution in film editing and audio recording, Dana is excited about the changes happening in publishing and enthusiastically embraces new technologies and ideas about how books will be created, distributed and experienced in the future.

Dana combines her professional insight, educational background (B.A. in Comparative Literature from U.C. Berkeley, J.D. from University of San Francisco), and a lifelong love of reading to provide a sophisticated, innovative approach to her role as a literary agent. A believer in the power of books to shape our culture and impact lives, she enjoys working with authors who are passionate about their work and have something meaningful to share. From crafting proposals and polishing manuscripts through negotiating and managing contracts and rights, Dana strives to be a trusted advisor and create a holistic, long-term working relationship with her clients.

Dana is interested in nonfiction books in the areas of lifestyle and wellness (health, mind-body-spirit, self-help, cookbooks, and fitness), memoir, business, technology, parenting and popular culture, and on the fiction side she considers a very selective amount of literary fiction and women's upmarket fiction.

years experience: 17
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
Biography, Computers/technology, Business/investing/finance, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Memoir, Upmarket Women's Fiction
LEADING CLIENTS
Agent Representation:

Suzanne Toro
Marsha Aizumi
Jennifer Graham
Christopher Gaida
Shirley Streshinsky
Patricia Klaus
Michael Bush
Dianne Aigaki
Brandy Mychals
Zach Friend
Kevin Hines
Ann Jealous
Caroline Haskell
Jerry Hughes
Maggie Lamond Simone

Legal Work:

Andrew Gumbel
Todd Waring
Michael M. Tahery, MD
Lisa Fitzpatrick
Moglue, Inc.

MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
TWO SPIRITS, ONE HEART: A MOTHER, HER TRANSGENDER SON, AND THEIR JOURNEY TO LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE by Marsha Aizumi (Magnus Books, Fall 2012)

AN ATOMIC LOVE STORY: THE WOMEN IN ROBERT OPPENHEIMER'S LIFE by Shirley Streshinsky and Patricia Klaus (Turner Publishing, 2013)

Shirley Streshinsky's backlist titles including: HERS THE KINGDOM, GIFT OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN, A TIME BETWEEN, THE SHORE OF PARADISE, AND AUDUBON: LIFE AND ART IN THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS (Turner Publishing, 2013)

HONEY, DO YOU NEED A RIDE? CONFESSIONS OF A FAT RUNNER by Jennifer Graham (Breakaway Books, Fall 2012)

COMBINED DESTINIES: WHITES SHARING GRIEF ABOUT RACISM by Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline Haskell (Potomac Books, 2013)

DRESSING MICHAEL JACKSON: BEHIND THE SEAMS OF A FASHION ICON by Michael Bush (Insight Editions, Fall 2012)

HOW TO READ A CLIENT FROM ACROSS THE ROOM: WIN MORE BUSINESS WITH THE PROVEN CHARACTER CODE SYSTEM TO DECODE VERBAL AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION by Brandy Mychals (McGraw-Hill, Fall 2012)

ON MESSAGE: WHY FACTS ARE OVERRATED, YOUR PITCH IS TOO COMPLEX AND NARRATIVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS by Zach Friend (Turner Publishing, 2013)

SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
Dana is a member of the Women's National Book Association, Los Angeles Chapter and a member-at-large of The Authors Guild.

Recent and upcoming events include:

- 2010 Southern California Writers' Conference in Los Angeles
- 2011 Writer's Digest Conference in New York City
- 2011 Tools of Change Conference in New York City (Panelist on Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing Issues in the Digital Era)
- 2011 Southern California Writers' Conference in San Diego
- 2011 WNBA/LA Bookwoman Day
- 2011 BEA
- 2011 Santa Barbara Writers Conference
- 2011 Willamette Writers Conference in Portland
- 2011 Southern California Writers' Conference - Los Angeles
- 2011 Greater Los Angeles Writers Society Annual Agents Roundtable
- 2012 Tools of Change Conference: Workshop on The Changing World of Digital Rights & Publishing Agreements
- 2012 WNBA/LA Book Savvy
- 2012 Greater Los Angeles Writers Society Annual The Business of Writing Roundtable
- 2012 Santa Barbara Writers Conference
- 2012 Writer's Digest Conference West in Los Angeles

Dana's interview at O'Reilly TOC 2011 video.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Solicited and unsolicited submissions are accepted, via email only. Please send a one-page query letter, which identifies the category of your work, the title, the length (word count), and provides a brief overview of your project, credentials and previous publishing history, if any. If I am interested I'll ask you to send a complete book proposal which should include: an overview of your project, chapter outline, a brief bio, a description of competing books and how your book is unique, and the first 10-15 pages of your first chapter.

Please send all items in the body of the email, NOT as an attachment. Be sure to include your contact details (email address and phone number).
If you have relevant writing experience (articles, books), and/or have received writing awards, please include details in your cover letter.

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