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agent, attorney at law : dananewmanliterary@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 practical and narrative nonfiction books in the areas of memoir, business, technology, popular culture, lifestyle and wellness (health, self-help, and sports/fitness), and on the fiction side she considers a very selective amount of literary fiction and women's upmarket fiction.

years experience: 19

GENRES & SPECIALTIES

Biography, Computers/technology, Business/investing/finance, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Memoir, Upmarket Women's Fiction

LEADING CLIENTS

Agent Representation:

Brandy Mychals
Jennifer Graham
Zach Friend
Shirley Streshinsky
Patricia Klaus
Michael Bush
Kevin Hines
Ann Jealous
Caroline Haskell
Robert Yehling
Melissa Moore
Christopher Gaida
Lynne Martin
Michelle Renee
Debra Busman
Suzanne Toro
Marsha Aizumi
Jerry Hughes
Maggie Lamond Simone

Legal Work:

Andrew Gumbel
Todd Waring
Michael M. Tahery, MD
Lisa Fitzpatrick/Swan Studio
Moglue, Inc.
NVC Consulting
eBookPlus, Inc.

MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS

LIKE A WOMAN by Debra Busman (Dzanc Books, 2014)

JUST ADD WATER by Clay Marzo and Robert Yehling (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)

HOME FREE by Lynne Martin (Sourcebooks, 2014)

CRACKED, NOT BROKEN: SURVIVING AND THRIVING AFTER A SUICIDE ATTEMPT by Kevin Hines (Rowman & Littlefield, July 2013)

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)

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

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

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

ARM CANDY: A CELEBRITY ESCORT'S TALES FROM THE RED CARPET by Christopher Gaida (AuthorMike Ink, 2013)

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)

THE KING OF STYLE: DRESSING MICHAEL JACKSON by Michael Bush (Insight Editions, Fall 2012)

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

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

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:

- 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 Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference
- 2012 Writer's Digest Conference West in Los Angeles
- 2012 Ventura County Writers' Weekend
- 2013 Tools of Change Conference: An IP and Copyright Primer: What You Need to Know in an Ever-Evolving Publishing Landscape
- 2013 Writers Digest Conference East in NYC
- 2013 Willamette Writers Conference

Watch Dana's interview at O'Reilly TOC 2011 here .

See her interview at the 2012 TOC conference here.

SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS

Foreign Rights Agency:

Judy Klein
Kleinworks Agency
1450 Three Mile Creek Road
Stevensville, MT 59870

judyklein@kleinworks.com

Co-Agent - Speakers and Film/TV Rights:

Phyllis Parsons
The Parsons Company, Inc.
1630 N. Main Street, Suite 412
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

info@parsonscompanyinc.com

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. For fiction, if interested I'll request a synopsis and the first 25 pages.

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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