It is currently in development for television series. Her newest novel, Notes on an Execution, also an IndieNext Pick and national bestseller, was reviewed in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many more outlets. She is a graduate of New York Universitys Gallatin School of Individu. She loves the business of publishing, and she comes to both her writing and agenting careers with a sense of dedicated focus.

She loves reading books, she loves editing books, she loves the people who write them. Danya works as a literary agent for one reason: she loves books. Girl in Snow has been translated into over a dozen languages worldwide. Danya Kukafka is the authors of the novels NOTES ON AN EXECUTION and GIRL IN SNOW. Danya Kukafka, Agent, Trellis Literary Management. She began as a student at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she created a major titled “The Art of the Novel.” After internships at various literary agencies, she followed that passion to Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, where she was privileged to work as an assistant editor for writers like Meg Wolitzer, Paula Hawkins, Lauren Groff, Brit Bennett, Emma Straub, Gabriel Tallent, Helen Oyeyemi, Maile Meloy, Sigrid Nunez, and many more.ĭanya’s debut novel, Girl in Snow, was released in 2017 by Simon & Schuster-it was a national bestseller, an IndieNext Pick, a B&N Discover pick, and received favorable reviews from The New York Times (Editor's Choice) and The Wall Street Journal, among others. She works as a literary agent with Trellis Literary Management.ĭanya grew up in Colorado, and moved to New York City for school, where her love for reading and writing have taken her through nearly every facet of the publishing industry. Danya Kukafka is the author of the nationally bestselling novels Notes on an Execution and Girl in Snow, both available now.

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