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What Jemima is looking for
In fiction, Jemima love 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. 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.
Notable sales & clients
- One Day in December
- The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
- The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
- The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes
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Jemima Forrester represents Nonfiction.
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