David Fugate is the President & Founder of LaunchBooks Literary Agency. He has successfully represented a wide range of fiction and nonfiction projects to more than 40 different publishers that have generated more than $80 Million for their authors.

David represents authors such as Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of Project Hail Mary (made into a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Chris Lord and Phil Miller), Artemis, and The Martian (made into the Golden Globe winning film starring Matt Damon and directed by Ridley Scott); Chris Guillebeau, author of the New York Times bestselling The $100 Startup, Side Hustle, The Happiness of Pursuit, and Time Anxiety; Vanessa Van Edwards, New York Times bestselling author of Conversation, Cues, and Captivate; Megan Devine, author of the perennial bestseller It’s OK That You’re Not OK (with more than 850,000 copies sold); Peter Clines, author of 14, The Fold, and God’s Junk Drawer; and Nicholas Sansbury Smith, author of the USA Today bestselling series Hell Divers. 

David also represents DJ Molles, author of the New York Times bestselling series The Remaining; Nick Maggiulli, author of The Wealth Ladder, Parmy Olson, the Times bestselling author of Supremacy and We Are Anonymous; Steve Kamb, author of How To Try Again and Level Up Your Life; Benny Lewis, on his book Fluent in Three Months; Jack Raines, author of Young Money; Craig DiLouie, author of Episode 13, The Children of Red Peak, and How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive; and Kevin Mitnick, New York Times bestselling author of Ghost in the Wires.

Other authors LaunchBooks represents include Cas Aarssen on her book Do It Sh*tty; Jia Jiang, author of Rejection Proof and Easy Discipline; Thomas R. Weaver, author of Artificial Wisdom and Infinite Wisdom; Kim Zetter on her book Countdown to Zero Day; Jason Barron, author of The Visual MBA; and many others.