Epic science fiction or fantasy stories with a sense of mystery and intrigue, similar to the works mentioned.
Non-fiction, commercial literary or women’s fiction, children’s picture books, graphic novels, poetry, screenplays.
Laurie McLean spent 20 years as CEO of a publicity agency and 8 years as an agent at Larsen Pomada Literary Agents before co-founding Fuse Literary in 2013. She has been writing professionally since high school as a journalist, public relations agent, and novelist, and holds degrees in Journalism from SUNY and the Newhouse School of Journalism at Syracuse University.
Submissions should be emailed to [email protected] Laurie is closed to queries and only accepts referral inquiries and submissions requested at conferences or online events like #PitMad or #MSWL. Please query other Fuse Literary agents with unsolicited submissions. If she asks for your submission at a conference/online event, email the first 10 pages plus a 1-2 page synopsis in the body of your email to: [email protected]. Put the name of the event in the email's subject line or it will be auto-rejected.
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