Prior to joining David Higham in 2016, I was Senior Commissioning Editor at Orion Publishing Group and working collaboratively and editorially with my authors is something I have brought into my role as an agent.

In fiction I love distinctive narrative voices, well-paced plots with a great hook, and complex female characters. I’m often drawn to humour, quirky or unusual narrators, moral dilemmas and stories about sisters.

My 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, I am 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.

I do not represent children’s fiction, YA, epic fantasy, hard sci-fi, short stories or novellas.

If you would like to submit your work to me, please email jemimaforrester@davidhigham.co.uk. You should include a covering letter, a synopsis and the first three chapters of your book. Please put your name and the title of your manuscript in the subject line of your email.

Unfortunately, due to the volume of submissions I receive, I am not able to respond to every one (though I do try!). If you haven’t heard back within 16 weeks please assume that you haven’t been successful this time.