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Ernie Chiara

An agent with Fuse Literary (see other agents at this agency).

About

For the past five years, Ernie has represented bestselling, award-winning, and critically-acclaimed authors at Fuse Literary. From hands-on editorial to career coaching to rights management, he believes in open communication, positive collaboration, and maintaining a long-term vision to help his clients achieve successful, sustainable writing careers.

Ernie was selected by Writer’s Digest for their ‘Annual Agent Roundup’ of the “most sought-after and respected literary agents in the business.” He was also featured in Writer’s Digest’s ‘Agent Spotlight’ Q&A column, and is a regular faculty member of Writer’s Digest University’s online courses.

Prior to becoming an agent in 2020, Ernie was an assistant literary agent at Fuse, a mentor and communications director for the Pitch Wars writer mentorship program, and a copywriter for a Fortune 500 client.

When his nose isn’t buried in a manuscript, you can find him binge-watching the latest streaming series, browsing the stacks at his local indie bookstore for far too long, and failing miserably to get his kids to laugh at his jokes.

Country

United States

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Ernie specializes in adult & young adult fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as speculative upmarket & literary fiction, BIPOC mystery, thriller, and crime fiction, and young adult contemporary. He is looking for character-driven stories with richly layered worldbuilding and original settings. Stories with intricate, immersive plotting and propulsive pacing. And he’d love to see more stories that blend genres in ways that might surprise him.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Middle grades, Young adults.

Genres:

General Subgenre: Magic Realism
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Magic Realism
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Ernie Chiara Submission Statistics

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We have received 1 report within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

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Most recent response reported was received on 09 Mar 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 09 Feb 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 10:08 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 24 Jun 2026

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