Fuse Literary is a full-service literary agency founded in 2013 by Laurie McLean and Gordon Warnock. The agency represents debut and established authors across a broad range of fiction, nonfiction, and children's publishing and takes a collaborative, career-focused approach to representation. Fuse also manages subsidiary rights including film, television, translation, audio, and emerging media opportunities.
The agency represents literary and commercial fiction, mystery and thriller, science fiction and fantasy, horror, romance, children's and young adult books, graphic novels, and a wide range of trade nonfiction.
Fuse Literary Submission Guidelines
Submitting Your Work to Fuse Literary
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Market Type: Literary Agency
From the Guidelines
Fuse Literary Submission Guidelines:
Fuse Literary accepts submissions according to the individual guidelines of its agents. Writers should review the agent profiles, select the agent whose interests best match the project, and follow that agent's specific submission instructions.
Query only one Fuse Literary agent at a time. If that agent declines the project, you may then submit to another agent at the agency. Do not send a full manuscript or proposal unless requested, and do not include attachments with an email query unless the individual agent specifically instructs otherwise.
Fuse does not accept queries by physical mail, telephone, or social media. Unsolicited queries sent to agents' professional contact email addresses may be deleted unread. The agency does not charge reading, submission, or retainer fees.
Response times vary by agent, but the agency indicates that queries generally receive a response within approximately four to eight weeks.
Fuse closes to all new queries and submissions annually from December 1 through January 15. The agency represents most fiction and nonfiction categories but does not represent poetry or screenplays.