Literary Agent Spotlight: Carlie Webber of Fuse Literary
New literary agents (with this spotlight featuring Carlie Webber of Fuse Literary) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list.
About Carlie: Carlisle Webber refused to major in English in college because she didn’t think there was anything fun to read on the required lists. No Stephen King? No R.L. Stine? No thanks!
After college, she took her love of commercial, YA, and middle grade fiction to the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, where she earned a Master of Library and Information Sciences. She worked as a public librarian for years before deciding to move to the business side of publishing. She attended the Columbia Publishing Course, interned at Writers House, and worked at the Jane Rotrosen Agency in New York City.
She considers herself to be an editorial agent and has industry experience as a copy editor for Yen Press, a division of Hachette Book Group, and the health and parenting website Spright.com. She belongs to the American Copy Editors Society and Bay Area Editors’ Forum and holds a Professional Certificate in Editing from University of California, Berkeley. When editing, she aims to make a book the best possible version of itself, shaping it in a way so it can best use its unique voice to appeal to a wide audience.
She is seeking: High-concept commercial middle grade, YA, and adult fiction. If your novel keeps people up at night or reads like a Shonda Rhimes show, she’s the agent for you. She is looking for mystery, thriller, suspense, women’s fiction, mainstream fiction, and horror. She is accepting science fiction and fantasy for YA and MG only. There is a special place in her heart for tough topics and books that create conversation (or controversy).
How to submit: Send ten pages, a query letter, and a one- to two-page synopsis to querycarlisle@fuseliterary.com. Please put all material in the body of the email.
Chuck Sambuchino is a former editor with the Writer's Digest writing community and author of several books, including How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack and Create Your Writer Platform.
