Heather Jackson

An agent with Heather Jackson Literary Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Heather Jackson decided to vault over the desk to the agent side in 2016 after a highly successful career as a trade editor. In her 20+ years as an editor she acted as the creative midwife to multiple dozens of New York Times bestselling authors and titles, including: Tim Ferriss, Jillian Michaels, Dr. Steven Gundry, Ron Fournier, Joy Bauer, Rick Hanson, Dr. Robert C. Atkins, Dr. Arthur Agatston, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Alice D. Domar, Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, Mallika Chopra, Barbara Sher, Martina Navratilova, Joe and Teresa Graedon, B. Smith and Dan Gasby, Howard Dully...among many others.

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Country & Year Established

United States

Agent since 2016

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Heather Jackson's overall average response time is faster than most agents.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults. Excluding: Children.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical, Women's Fiction
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical

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.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Business/Finance.
Lifestyle: General, Self-help.
Memoir.
Psychology.
Science.
Sexuality/Gender: Adult relationships, Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: Crime, Current events, Pop culture, Social issues.

Submissions:

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

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Heather Jackson Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 6 reports from 6 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

2 min | 17.3 mean avg | 14.5 median | 38 max days (16.2 std dev)

Pending

1 response is pending (50 days waiting).

Other Information

This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting a reasonable amount of time, assume your submission will not be accepted.
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 04 Apr 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 03 Mar 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 10:07 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 07 Jun 2026

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