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What Danya is looking for
Danya is interested in representing literary fiction with particularly propulsive storylines. She is seeking literary suspense, sophisticated thrillers, book club fiction, speculative fiction, and experimental fiction. She also loves true crime that feels attuned to today's cultural conversations, and upmarket fiction you can read in one gulp. Her dream authors include: Megan Abbott, Angie Kim, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Rene Denfeld, Julia Phillips, Celeste Ng, Akwaeke Emezi, Susan Choi, Alex Marzano-Lesnevish, Jia Tolentino, Karen Thompson Walker, and Gabrielle Zevin. For a more detailed manuscript wish list, please click here.
Notable sales & clients
- Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan
- Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
- A Thousand Times Before by Asha Thanki
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Frequently asked questions
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What genres does Danya Kukafka represent?
Danya Kukafka represents Speculative Fiction, Thriller, Crime, Literary Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Book Club Fiction.
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