Louise Fury is a literary agent at The Bent Agency in NYC. She has sold books to both traditional and electronic publishers and also represents many successful self-published authors. Louise encourages authors to have one foot in traditional publishing and the other in the digital-first arena and believes in staying ahead of the pack by embracing change, not just adapting to it. Louise is a huge advocate for exploring secondary rights and has sold audio, film and foreign rights for her traditional and self published clients. A native South African, Louise lives in Manhattan, but travels to Cape Town every year, where she spends time educating South African writers, meeting with international publishers and distributing books for women and children in need.

Twitter: @louisefury