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Jemima Forrester 2

An agent with David Higham Associates (see other agents at this agency).

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About

Prior to joining David Higham in 2016, Jemima was Senior Commissioning Editor at Orion Publishing Group and working collaboratively and editorially with her authors is something she has brought into her role as an agent. In fiction she loves distinctive narrative voices, well-paced plots with a great hook, and complex female characters. She’s often drawn to humour, quirky or unusual narrators, moral dilemmas and stories about sisters. Her favourite non-client books of recent years include Sorrow and Bliss; Such a Fun Age; My Sister the Serial Killer; Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow; In Memoriam; The Familiars; The Night Circus; The Flat Share; and anything by Maggie O’Farrell, Margaret Atwood or Curtis Sittenfeld. In non-fiction, she is looking for innovative lifestyle and popular-culture projects, unique personal stories and humour. Recent favourites include Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton, How To Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell and Help Me! by Marianne Power. In both fiction and non-fiction, Jemima is actively seeking diverse voices and books with a strong feminist angle.

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Country, Year Established, and Professional Associations

United Kingdom Agent since 2016 Member of AAA

Fiction Open

Jemima is actively growing her list of commercial and upmarket fiction and has wide-ranging tastes within this space. She is looking for: book club and accessible literary fiction crime and thrillers upmarket historical fiction psychological suspense women’s fiction speculative/high-concept novels novels with a lightly magical or fantastical edge Jemima does not represent children’s fiction, YA, epic fantasy, hard sci-fi, short stories or novellas.

Audience:
Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults. Excluding: Children, Young adults.
Genres:
GenreSubgenres
General GeneralOpen to all/most Subgenres, including: Magic Realism, Women's Fiction.
Mystery/Crime Mystery/CrimeOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Suspense/Thriller Suspense/ThrillerOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Open to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres
Styles:
Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.
Topics:
Open to all/most Topics.
Types/Lengths:
Novel Novel
Submissions:
ElectronicPostalSimultaneous
No OK OK
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Nonfiction Open
Audience:
Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults. Excluding: Children, Young adults.
Styles:
Open to all/most Styles, including: Humorous, Literary, Mainstream, Personal.
Topics:
Open to all/most Topics, including: Lifestyle (General, Cooking, Food and Drink), Memoir, Society/Culture (Current events).
Types/Lengths:
Book Book
Submissions:
ElectronicPostalSimultaneous
No OK OK
Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.

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AccuracyWe have received 1 report within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Pending2 responses are pending (64 min | 121.5 mean avg | 121.5 median | 179 max days waiting | 81.3 std dev) from 2 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

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The agent will try to make a decision within 112 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 112 days.)
This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted.

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Dates

Last Updated: 08 Mar 2024
Last Audited: 24 Jan 2024 We audit each active listing twice a year.
Date Added: 15 Feb 2018

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