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Dana Murphy

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Trellis Literary Management·US

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Represents
adult fictionyoung adult fictionbook club fictionromantic comedyliterary fictionmystery
+10 morethrillerhorrornarrative nonfictioncultural criticismessayscurrent affairspop culturepsychologynaturescience
Looking for
Dana Murphy represents a wide range of fiction and nonfiction for adults and select fiction for teen readers. She wants fiction with heart, humor, specificity, surprise, high-concept hooks, confident voice, rom-coms, book club fiction, literary fiction with form or genre elements, mysteries, thrillers, horror, found family stories, and narrative nonfiction or essay collections about culture, pop culture, criticism, power structures, object histories, big ideas, and deeply researched cultural history.
How to submit
Submit through Dana Murphy's official QueryManager form linked from Trellis. The form asks writers to review her wishlist and provide author bio, title, word count, genre, query letter, comparable books, AI-use disclosure, and the first 20 pages or a full nonfiction proposal. Trellis asks writers not to submit to multiple Trellis agents during the 8-12 week review window.
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Last checked 26 Jun 2026·Last verified: 26 Jun 2026
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Dana Murphy is a literary agent at Trellis Literary Management based in US. Their list focuses on genres including adult fiction, young adult fiction, and book club fiction. Currently open to submissions, with response guidance listed as Trellis will contact writers within 8-12 weeks if interested; after 12 weeks with no response, writers may query another Trellis agent.. Submissions via QueryManager. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

Age Categories

Young Adult, Adult

Response Time

Usually responds within Trellis will contact writers within 8-12 weeks if interested; after 12 weeks with no response, writers may query another Trellis agent.

Notes

Dana Murphy is not currently considering science fiction/fantasy, genre romance such as historical or SFF romance, MG/chapter/picture books, pre-1950s or mythological historical fiction, military or police procedurals, religious/spiritual fiction, novellas, short story collections, traditional memoir, prescriptive or business nonfiction, nonfiction for young readers, cookbooks/photo-heavy books, poetry, or screenplays.

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