About Jemima
Jemima Forrester is a literary agent at David Higham Associates, where she joined in 2016. Before that, she was Senior Commissioning Editor at Orion Publishing Group. Her profile on the agency's website sets out the kinds of books she is looking for in fiction and non-fiction, and the categories she is actively building.
What Jemima is looking for
Jemima is actively growing a list of commercial and upmarket fiction, with wide-ranging tastes within that space. In fiction she likes distinctive narrative voices, well-paced plots with a strong hook, and complex female characters. In non-fiction she is interested in innovative lifestyle and popular-culture projects, unique personal stories and humour. Across both fiction and non-fiction she is actively seeking diverse voices and books with a strong feminist angle. She does not represent children's fiction, YA, short stories or novellas.
Submissions
Jemima takes submissions by email, with the address on the agency's website. Submissions should include a covering letter, a synopsis and the first three chapters; no reply within 16 weeks means the submission was unsuccessful. The agency aims to respond to all submissions within twelve weeks, though not always at busy times. Authors should not submit to more than one agent at the agency. The agency does not wish to consider submissions written with generative AI tools, and any use of such tools must be disclosed.
Compiled from David Higham Associates Limited's own website. Check there for the latest before you submit.
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