Dana Murphy

Literary Agent

Dana Murphy joined Trellis Literary Management in 2022, after a decade building her list at The Book Group. She represents a wide range of fiction and nonfiction for adult and select fiction for teen readers. Books by her clients have been New York Times, USA Today, and international bestsellers — as well as Barnes & Noble Discover, Book of the Month, Read with Jenna, Indie Next and NYT Editors' Choice picks.

Across genre, Dana falls in love at the story and line-level simultaneously. She's always searching for language and plot that move in equal measure, one in constant support of the other. Dana is most drawn to writing that aims to transform the reader, disrupt hegemony, and center community.

Born and raised on Long Island, Dana moved to New York City to study Critical Film Theory and Sociology at NYU, lived there for ten years, and now calls Philadelphia home. If she's not answering your emails, she's probably snuck off to one of her favorite places: a Phillies game, the beach in her hometown, or a quiet dive bar to drink their cheapest beer and do karaoke.

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Dana's favorite non-client authors (if your work is similar, please get in touch!):   Hanif Abdurraqib, Emily Henry, Casey McQuiston, Shea Serrano, Mark Kurlansky, Morgan Rogers, Grady Hendrix, Emily St. John Mandel, Kate Racculia