Agent Spotlight: Louise Fury

This week's Agent Spotlight features Louise Fury of The Fury Agency.
Status: Closed to submissions 
About: "A native South African, I now live in New York City and travel to Cape Town every year, where I spend time educating South African writers, meeting with international publishers and distributing books. Before agenting, I worked in marketing and advertising for both the consumer markets and publishing. Prior to joining The Bent Agency, I worked as a literary agent at the L. Perkins Agency. I represent numerous New York Times and USA Today best-selling authors. I encourage my authors to have one foot in traditional print publishing and the other in the digital-first arena and am a huge advocate of utilizing secondary rights—I have sold film/TV, audio and foreign rights for my clients. I believe in staying ahead of the pack by embracing change, not just adapting to it." (From The Bent Agency website)
About the Agency: 

"The Fury Agency represents multiple authors whose books have hit the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly and Der Spiegel bestseller lists.

We work with each author to build the publishing career of their dreams and to expand their reach across platforms, formats and territories. Whether the goal is a traditional book deal, exploring subrights for a self-published title/s or mapping out a multi-platform approach for their business, our focus is on the needs of the author and monetizing multiple streams of revenue to expand the reach of each project and to build the author brand." (Link)
Also see the agency website.
Web Presence:
The Fury Agency.

Publishers Marketplace.
Twitter.
AgentQuery
QueryTracker.
What She's Looking For:
"I’m looking for writers with a unique voice and an unforgettable and interesting story. I love experimental/unique structure, language, verse and formats.
"For YA and middle-grade, I’d love modern retellings, STEM stories, heartfelt and/or funny contemporary novels and all types of middle-grade fantasy. Always looking for books with well-developed secondary characters.
"For nonfiction I’m particularly interested in pop science, self-help, cookbooks, true crime, humor, pop culture, and sports. In romance, I love female heroines with unusual jobs or jobs usually reserved for the hero. I’d love it to be a layered, light, and fun contemporary novel or a fresh and modern historical that reads like a romantic comedy. I love the fish-out-of-water trope, stories about nannies, body positivity, strong writing, and diverse voices." (From the agency website)

For the most current info on what Ms. Fury is looking for always check the agency website.
What She Isn't Looking For:
Unknown
Quotables:
"Don’t give up. Read, write, edit and submit. If given the opportunity, revise and resubmit. Be open to learning how to develop and refine your craft, but most importantly don’t forget that even the bestselling authors were once unpublished writers looking for their big break. I am in awe of anyone who completes a manuscript. It is a difficult job to do and if you have managed to string up to 100,000 words on a page and they make some semblance of sense, I am already impressed." (Link)
Editorial Agent?
“I used to be very hands on with editing, but now it really is on a case by case basis. I try to be very aware that I am not a writer and don’t want to impose my voice into a manuscript, so line editing isn’t something I do very often. I trust the author to find the way to fix or rework something because an author's voice is where the magic is. So I still edit, but not as much as I did in the beginning of my career. I focus mostly on big-picture edits, common editorial mistakes and plot and character development.” (Email from Louise)
Clients:
There is a list of agency clients on the agency website. 
Query Methods: Unknown
Submission Guidelines (always verify):
NOTE: Ms. Fury is currently CLOSED to submissions.
Please see the agency website for complete, up-to-date submission guidelines.
Response Times:
The agency has a stated response time (or goal, rather) of responding to queries within a month. If you do not receive a response within the time posted send your query and indicate you are resending. 
What's the Buzz?
Her clients seem happy with her representation. 
Worth Your Time:
Interviews:
Agent Louise Fury – L. Perkins Agency at Writing and Illustrating (04/2013).
Welcome Wednesday: Agent Louise Fury of the L. Perkins Agency at Honestly YA (04/2012).
On Agents – A Discussion with Louise Fury at Nerine Dorman’s site (11/2011).
Contact:
Please see the agency website for additional contact and query information.
Profile Details:
Last updated: 1/30/2023

Agent Contacted for Review? Yes
Last Reviewed By Agent? 2/8/2023.

 
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