Representing quality fiction and non-fiction for adults and children since 2000.

How to Submit

Attention! Agency Founder Jennie Dunham is donating a 15-minute agent AMA on behalf of the Literary Auction for Change. Go place a bid on their website (https://www.32auctions.com/LAOC) between now and June 12th for a chance to win—and support

Happy Pride Month from all of us at Dunham Lit!

🚨 New Deal Alert! 🚨

Congratulations to Charles Rohrbacher and Anjanette Barr for their latest deal with Morehouse for THE ILLUMINATED SOUL, to be published this fall!

@bookbarrista

Dunham Literary will be closed today in observance of Memorial Day (5/25).

New Blog Post!

Head on over to dunhamlit.com/blog to read the full entry about some of the most common myths about agents and publishing. Jennie Dunham, Anjanette Barr, and Lee Melillo give their insight into what the day-to-day really looks like f

Nick Bruel @nick_bruel)'s BAD KITTY GETS A JOB is available everywhere now. Grab the next chapter of the beloved Bad Kitty series, published by Roaring Book Press @macmillanusa). Congrats, Nick!

Please help us welcome nonfiction author ROSIE ALEJANDRINO, who is now represented by Dunham Lit agent Lee Melillo (@leemelillobooks). Welcome, Rosie!

You can learn more about Rosie here on IG or TikTok by following her @yesrosemarie .

Congratulations to Dunham Lit's Ria Parisi, whose debut novel, OF WOLVES AND STAGS, has been nominated in the "Best Young Adult" category of the 2026 Indieverse Awards.

We're so proud of you, Ria!

(P.S. – Keep an eye out for the s

Someone is impersonating Dunham Literary agents.

All official correspondence from our agency will either be sent through QueryTracker or via an email containing our only and exact domain name (@dunhamlit.com). Do not engage with outreach from any other domain or email address claiming to be a Dunham Literary agent.

Remember: A reputable literary agent will never ask you to pay upfront for any service.